Kingdom of Tunis

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Barbary state Ottoman regency early modern state monarchy

The Kingdom of Tunis was an early modern North African state centered on the city of Tunis, ruled by the Husainid dynasty and known as a semi-autonomous Ottoman regency and Barbary power engaged in Mediterranean maritime conflict and trade.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form	Occurrences
Regency of Tunis	8
Beylik of Tunis	3
Kingdom of Tunisia	2
Husainid beylik of Tunis	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Barbary state ⓘ Ottoman regency ⓘ early modern state ⓘ monarchy ⓘ
associatedWith	Barbary Wars NERFINISHED ⓘ Mediterranean piracy ⓘ
borderedBy	Mediterranean Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ Regency of Algiers NERFINISHED ⓘ Tripolitania NERFINISHED ⓘ
capital	Tunis NERFINISHED ⓘ
commonName	Tunis NERFINISHED ⓘ
continent	Africa ⓘ
currency	Tunisian riyal NERFINISHED ⓘ
dynastyFoundedBy	Husayn I ibn Ali NERFINISHED ⓘ
economy	based on corsairing and tribute ⓘ based on maritime trade ⓘ
endTime	late 19th century ⓘ
engagedIn	Mediterranean maritime trade ⓘ Mediterranean naval warfare ⓘ corsair activity ⓘ privateering ⓘ
ethnicMajority	Arab-Berber population ⓘ
foreignRelations	conflict with European navies over corsairing ⓘ treaties with European powers ⓘ
governmentType	beylik NERFINISHED ⓘ hereditary monarchy ⓘ
headOfStateTitle	Bey of Tunis NERFINISHED ⓘ Husainid bey NERFINISHED ⓘ
language	Arabic ⓘ Ottoman Turkish NERFINISHED ⓘ
legalSystem	Islamic law ⓘ
locatedIn	North Africa ⓘ
military	corsair fleets ⓘ naval forces in the Mediterranean ⓘ
overlord	Ottoman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Barbary Coast NERFINISHED ⓘ
politicalStatus	semi-autonomous regency of the Ottoman Empire ⓘ
predecessor	Ottoman Eyalet of Tunis NERFINISHED ⓘ
region	central Maghreb ⓘ
religion	Sunni Islam ⓘ
rulingDynasty	Husainid dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ
sovereigntyCharacter	de facto internal autonomy ⓘ nominal Ottoman suzerainty ⓘ
startTime	early 18th century ⓘ
successor	French protectorate of Tunisia NERFINISHED ⓘ
urbanCenter	Sfax NERFINISHED ⓘ Sousse NERFINISHED ⓘ Tunis NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Second Barbary War → countryInvolved → Kingdom of Tunis ⓘ

French protectorate of Tunisia → replaces → Kingdom of Tunis ⓘ

this entity surface form: Beylik of Tunis

French protectorate of Tunisia → followedBy → Kingdom of Tunis ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kingdom of Tunisia

Barbary States → hasMember → Kingdom of Tunis ⓘ