Although his goal was not necessarily clear, he most likely wanted to incorporate Kabylia and Constantinois into Tunisia in a similar fashion to the Hafsid Kingdom.

[3] After Ali Khoudja's decisive defeat, the Dey of Algiers Hadj Mustapha decided to elect Ahmed ben Ferhat as the new Bey of Constantine.

[4][5] This defeat caused a rout, and Murad III had to retreat back to Tunisian territories, abandoning all of his gains.

Ibrahim Shariff returned from Constantinople with a large number of Turkish janissaries which pleased Murad III.

He signed a peace treaty with the Algerians a few weeks later, ending the war with a status quo ante bellum.