Bey of Tunis

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The Bey of Tunis was the hereditary monarch and ruler of the Regency of Tunis under Ottoman suzerainty and later French protectorate, serving as the country’s traditional head of state before the establishment of the republic.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Bey of Tunis canonical 6
King of Tunisia 2
Husainid bey of Tunis 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf head of state
hereditary monarchy
monarchical title
appliesToJurisdiction Tunis
Tunisia
capital Tunis
country Barbary States
surface form: Regency of Tunis
dynasty Husainid dynasty
Muradid dynasty
existedDuring French colonial period in Tunisia
Ottoman period in North Africa
followedBy President of Tunisia
follows Ottoman provincial governorship
governmentForm beylik
governmentType monarchy
heldTitle Bey
Bey al-Balad
Pasha
surface form: Pasha (honorary Ottoman title)
historicalRegion North Africa
surface form: Ifriqiya
languageOfCourt Arabic
laterSecondaryLanguageOfAdministration French
laterUnder French protectorate of Tunisia
locatedIn Mediterranean region
North Africa
nativeLabel باي تونس
surface form: Bey de Tunis

باي تونس
officeCreatedUnder Ottoman Empire
positionHeldBy Husainid dynasty
Husayn I ibn Ali
Muhammad VIII al-Amin
Muradid dynasty
powerType hereditary rule
predecessorInstitution Ottoman governorship of Tunis
religion Sunni Islam
replacedBy Tunisia
surface form: Republic of Tunisia
residence Bardo Palace
Dar al-Bey
role commander of military forces of Tunis
supreme authority of the Regency of Tunis
traditional head of state of Tunis
seat Ottoman governorship of Tunis
surface form: Regency of Tunis
secondaryLanguageOfAdministration Ottoman Turkish
subordinateTo Ottoman sultan
surface form: Ottoman Sultan (nominally)
successorInstitution President of Tunisia
surface form: Tunisian republic presidency
suzerainty Ottoman Empire
titleAbolished 1957
titleUsedFrom 1705
typeOfMonarchy constitutional monarchy (late period, de facto limited by protectorate)

Referenced by (10)

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Husainid dynasty hasTitle Bey of Tunis
Husainid dynasty hasTitle Bey of Tunis
this entity surface form: King of Tunisia
Muradid dynasty hasTitle Bey of Tunis
Husayn I ibn Ali alsoKnownAs Bey of Tunis
this entity surface form: Husayn I Bey of Tunis
Husayn I ibn Ali positionHeld Bey of Tunis
Muhammad VIII al-Amin positionHeld Bey of Tunis
Muhammad VIII al-Amin positionHeld Bey of Tunis
this entity surface form: King of Tunisia
Bey al-Balad replacedBy Bey of Tunis
this entity surface form: Husainid bey of Tunis