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.

All labels observed (4)

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

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf head of state
hereditary monarchy
monarchical title
appliesToJurisdiction Tunis
Tunisia
capital Tunis
country Regency of Tunis
linked to: Barbary States
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 (honorary Ottoman title)
linked to: Pasha
historicalRegion Ifriqiya
linked to: North Africa
languageOfCourt Arabic
laterSecondaryLanguageOfAdministration French
laterUnder French protectorate of Tunisia
locatedIn Mediterranean region
North Africa
nativeLabel Bey de Tunis
linked to: باي تونس

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 Republic of Tunisia
linked to: 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 Regency of Tunis
secondaryLanguageOfAdministration Ottoman Turkish
subordinateTo Ottoman Sultan (nominally)
linked to: Ottoman sultan
successorInstitution Tunisian republic presidency
suzerainty Ottoman Empire
titleAbolished 1957
titleUsedFrom 1705
typeOfMonarchy constitutional monarchy (late period, de facto limited by protectorate)

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Referenced by (10)

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

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