Kingdom of Tunis

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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.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Regency of Tunis 14
Beylik of Tunis 8
Kingdom of Tunisia 2

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Barbary state
Ottoman regency
early modern state
monarchy
associatedWith Barbary Wars
Mediterranean piracy
borderedBy Mediterranean Sea
Regency of Algiers
Tripolitania
capital Tunis
commonName Tunis
continent Africa
currency Tunisian riyal
dynastyFoundedBy Husayn I ibn Ali
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
hereditary monarchy
headOfStateTitle Bey of Tunis
Husainid bey
language Arabic
Ottoman Turkish
legalSystem Islamic law
locatedIn North Africa
military corsair fleets
naval forces in the Mediterranean
overlord Ottoman Empire
partOf Barbary Coast
politicalStatus semi-autonomous regency of the Ottoman Empire
predecessor Ottoman Eyalet of Tunis
linked to: Tunis Eyalet
region central Maghreb
religion Sunni Islam
rulingDynasty Husainid dynasty
sovereigntyCharacter de facto internal autonomy
nominal Ottoman suzerainty
startTime early 18th century
successor French protectorate of Tunisia
urbanCenter Sfax
Sousse
Tunis

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Referenced by (26)

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 Beylik of Tunis
linked to: Kingdom of Tunis
French protectorate of Tunisia followedBy Kingdom of Tunisia
linked to: Kingdom of Tunis
Barbary States hasMember Regency of Tunis
linked to: Kingdom of Tunis
Barbary States hadSemiAutonomousStatus Regency of Tunis
linked to: Kingdom of Tunis
Conquest of Tunis (1535) location Regency of Tunis
linked to: Kingdom of Tunis
Husainid dynasty countryGoverned Beylik of Tunis
linked to: Kingdom of Tunis
Husainid dynasty countryGoverned Regency of Tunis
linked to: Kingdom of Tunis
Husainid dynasty countryGoverned Kingdom of Tunisia
linked to: Kingdom of Tunis
Muradid dynasty country Regency of Tunis
linked to: Kingdom of Tunis
Muradid dynasty successorInstitution Husainid beylik of Tunis
linked to: Kingdom of Tunis
Husayn I ibn Ali regionGoverned Regency of Tunis
linked to: Kingdom of Tunis
Muhammad VIII al-Amin placeOfBirth Regency of Tunis
linked to: Kingdom of Tunis
Bey al-Balad country Regency of Tunis
linked to: Kingdom of Tunis
Ottoman governorship of Tunis followedBy Beylik of Tunis
linked to: Kingdom of Tunis
Tunis Eyalet followedBy Beylik of Tunis
linked to: Kingdom of Tunis
Franco-Tunisian Treaty of Bardo signatory Beylik of Tunis
linked to: Kingdom of Tunis
Treaty of Tunis (1816) hasParties Regency of Tunis
linked to: Kingdom of Tunis
Treaty of Tunis (1816) countrySignatory Regency of Tunis
linked to: Kingdom of Tunis
Mediterranean theater of operations belligerent Regency of Tunis
linked to: Kingdom of Tunis
Mediterranean theater of the First Barbary War belligerent Regency of Tunis
linked to: Kingdom of Tunis
Ksar Said occupation (1881) appliesToJurisdiction Beylik of Tunis
linked to: Kingdom of Tunis
Muhammad III as-Sadiq regionRuled Regency of Tunis
linked to: Kingdom of Tunis
Ali III ibn al-Husayn country Beylik of Tunis
linked to: Kingdom of Tunis
U.S. consul to Tunis location Regency of Tunis
linked to: Kingdom of Tunis
Convention of La Marsa signatory Beylik of Tunis
linked to: Kingdom of Tunis