TUNISIA

The Husainid Dynasty

GENEALOGY

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1902 - 1906 H.H. Muhammad al-Hadi Pasha, Bey and Possessor of the Kingdom of Tunis. b. at the Palace of Bardo, 24^th June 1855, second son of H.H. 'Abu'l Hasan 'Ali III Pasha, Bey and Possessor of the Kingdom of Tunis, educ. privately. Appointed as Heir Apparent and invested with the title of Bey al-Mahalla and the style of His Highness, 3^rd December 1898. Proclaimed on the death of his father, 11^th June 1902. Lieut-Gen. Beylical Army 3/12/1898, Field Marshal 11/6/1902. Sovereign and Grand Master of the Nishan al-Ahad al-Aman, Nishan ad-Dam, and Nishan al-Iftikhar. Rcvd: the Nishan al-Ahad al-Aman al-Murassa (3.12.1898), and the Nishan ad-Dam, and GC of the Nishan al-Iftikhar while a young prince, GC of the Order of the Legion of Honour in brilliants of France (11.5.1902, GO 3.12.1898), etc. m. 1876, H.H. Princess (Lalla) Khadija Beya (b. 1858; d. 5^th December 1905), eldest daughter of Si Muhammad ar-Rauf bin Rashid al-Shakir, by his wife, Lalla Fatima, née Gaïgi. He d. at the Palace of Dermech, near Carthage, 11^th May 1906 (bur. Turbat al-Bey, the Madina, Tunis), having had issue, two sons, and three daughters:

1) Lieutenant-General H.H. Prince (Sidi) Muhammad al-Tahir [Tahar] Bey. b. at La Marsa, 18^th January 1877 (s/o Lalla Khadija Beya), educ. privately. Invested as Heir Apparent with the title of Bey al-Mahalla and the style of His Highness, 9^th March 1939. Lieut-Gen. Beylical Army 9/3/1939. A convinced nationalist, frequently in trouble with the French authorities. Rcvd: the Nishan al-Ahad al-Aman al-Murassa (9.3.1939), Nishan ad-Dam, and GC of the Nishan al-Iftikhar, GO of the Order of the Legion of Honour of France (1939, Cdr. ca. 1902), etc. m. (first) at the Palace of Dermech, near Carthage, 16^th June 1913, Lalla Fatima, née Ben Khalil. m. (second) Lalla Qamar [Kmar] (d. ca. 1992), daughter of Si 'Abdu'l Aziz Bakushi [Abdelaziz Baccouche]. He d.s.p. at the Palace of Dermech, near Carthage, 6^th March 1941 (bur. Turbat al-Bey, the Madina, Tunis).
2) Lieutenant-General H.H. Prince (Sidi) Muhammad al-Bashir [Béchir] Bey. b. at La Marsa, 1^st February 1881, educ. privately. Appointed as Heir Apparent and invested with the title of Bey al-Mahalla and the style of His Highness, at Ouzra, 13^th March 1941. Lieut-Gen. Beylical Army 13/3/1941. Rcvd: the Nishan al-Ahad al-Aman al-Murassa (13.3.1941), Nishan ad-Dam, and GC of the Nishan al-Iftikhar, GO of the Order of the Legion of Honour of France (15.3.1941), etc. m. Princess (Lalla) Taj ul-Bakht [Bakhta] (d. 26^th January 1976), fifth daughter of his cousin H.H. Muhammad al-Nasir [El Naceur] Pasha, Bey and Possessor of the Kingdom of Tunis, GCMG, by his second wife, Lalla Husn ul-Ujud. He d. 26^th April 1942 (bur. Turbat al-Bey, the Madina, Tunis), having had issue, an only daughter: Copyright©Christopher Buyers
- a) Princess (Lalla) Sassia. b. at Dermech, near Carthage, 1904. m. (first) Prince (Sidi) 'Umar [Amor] Bey (b. 10^th September 1904; d. 31^st December 1938), third son of H.H. Muhammad al-Munsif Pasha, Bey and Possessor of the Kingdom of Tunis - see below. m. (second) ca. 1939, H.R.H. Prince (Sidi) 'Allalah Bey (b. 7^th November 1910; d. at La Marsa, 2001), sometime Head of the Royal House of Tunisia, second son of Lieutenant-General H.H. Prince 'Izz ud-din Bey, Bey al-Mahalla, by his wife, Princess Hanifa, third daughter H.H. Ahmad II Pasha, Bey and Possessor of the Kingdom of Tunis - see above. She d. ca. 1991, having had issue, seven sons and one daughter by her first husband and two daughters by her second.
1) Princess (Lalla) Traki [Traqui] Beya. m. at Sidi-Bou-Saïd, October 1900, H.H. Muhammad al-Munsif [Moncef] Pasha, Bey and Possessor of the Kingdom of Tunis (b. at La Manouba or Sidi-Bou-Saïd, 4^th March 1881; d. in exile at Villa Cadaval, Pau, France, 1^st September 1948, and bur. Sidi BelHasan Mausoleum, Jellaz), eldest son of H.H. Muhammad al-Nasir Pasha, Bey and Possessor of the Kingdom of Tunis, GCMG. She d. 18^th April 1919 (bur. Turbat al-Bey, the Madina, Tunis), having had issue, three sons and one daughter - see below.
2) Princess (Lalla) Zubaida. m. Si Rashid Haidar, elder son of son of H.E. Sidi Ahmad Haidar, Lord Privy Seal to 'Ali III, by his second wife, Princess Haluma, daughter of H.H. 'Abu'l Hasan 'Ali III Pasha, Bey and Possessor of the Kingdom of Tunis. She had issue, four sons and two daughters - see above. Copyright©Christopher Buyers
3) Princess (Lalla) Aisha [Aïcha] (d/o Lalla Khadija Beya). m. at La Marsa, 15^th September 1908, Lieutenant-General H.H. Prince (Sidi) Muhammad as-Sadiq [Essadok] Bey, Bey al-Mahalla (b. at La Marsa, 17^th May 1888; d. at La Marsa, 1^st October 1955,), fifth son of Prince (Sidi) Mustafa Bey, Bey al-Taula. She d. 19^th January 1952 (?), having had issue - see above.

1906 - 1922 H.H. Muhammad al-Nasir [El Naceur] Pasha, Bey and Possessor of the Kingdom of Tunis, GCMG (21.2.1917). b. at La Marsa, 14^th July 1855, younger son of Field Marshal H.H. Muhammad Pasha, Bey of Tunis, educ. privately. Invested as Heir Apparent with the title of Bey al-Mahalla and the style of His Highness, 11^th June 1902. Proclaimed on the death of his cousin, 11^th May 1906. Lieut-Gen. Beylical Army 11/6/1902, prom. Field Marshal 11/5/1906. A great philanthropist and educational reformer. Sovereign and Grand Master of the Nishan al-Ahad al-Aman, Nishan ad-Dam, and Nishan al-Iftikhar. Rcvd: the Nishan al-Ahad al-Aman al-Murassa (11.5.1902), and Nishan ad-Dam, and GC of the Nishan al-Iftikhar while a young prince, GC of the Orders of the Legion of Honour in brilliants of France (12.5.1906, GO 11.5.1902), SS Maurice & Lazarus of Italy, White Eagle of Serbia, the Sharifan Order of Alawi in brilliants of Morocco (22.2.1917), etc. m. (first) at Burj Janaina, Manouba, Lalla Fatima (d. 1911), daughter of Major-General H.E. Si Ismail as-Sunni, sometime Governor of Djerba and Presdt. Court of Cessation, by his wife, Lalla Mamia, daughter of Lieutenant-General H.H. 'Abu 'Abdu'llah Husain II Pasha, Bey of Tunis. m. (second) Lalla Husn ul-Ujud [Housn-el Oujoud or Jouda] (d. 6^th July 1904), a Circassian. m. (third) 1906, Lalla Qamar Beya (d. at Kasr as-Sa'ada, La Marsa, 30^th December 1942, bur. Sidi Belhassen Mausoleum, Jellaz), a Circassian, widow of H.H. 'Abu'l Hasan 'Ali III Pasha, Bey and Possessor of the Kingdom of Tunis, and previously of Field Marshal H.H. Muhammad as-Sadiq Pasha, Bey and Possessor of the Kingdom of Tunis, GCB. m. (fourth) ca. 1903 (div. shortly afterwards) Lalla Mamia (d. 12^th February 1922, widow of Prince Sulaiman Bey, and third daughter of Si Muhammad ar-Rauf bin Rashid al-Shakir, by his wife, Lalla Fatima, née Gaïgi. He d. at Dar al-Taj Palace, La Marsa, 8^th July 1922 (bur. Turbat al-Bey, the Madina, Tunis), having had issue, four sons and six daughters:

1) H.H. Muhammad al-Munsif [El Moncef] Pasha, Bey and Possessor of the Kingdom of Tunis (s/o Lalla Fatima) - see below.
2) Prince (Sidi) Muhammad al-Hashimi [El Hechemi] Bey. b. at Sidi-Bou-Saïd, 3^rd July 1890 (s/o Lalla Husn ul-Ujud). Rcvd: the Nishan ad-Dam, GC of the Nishan al-Iftikhar, Cdr. of the Order of the Legion of Honour of France, etc. m. at Dar al-Taj Palace, La Marsa, 22^nd July 1914, Lalla Kulsum [Kalthum] (d. 22^nd December 1968), daughter of Si Ahmad bin 'Abdu'llah Maria, an Italian convert to Islam, by his wife, Princess Traki, eldest daughter of Sidi Husain Bey, Bey al-Taula. He d.s.p. at Sidi-Bou-Saïd, 22^nd March 1951.
3) H.R.H. Crown Prince (Sidi) Husain [Hassine] Bey, Head of the Royal House of Tunisia (s/o Lalla Husn ul-Ujud) - see below. Copyright©Christopher Buyers
4) Prince (Sidi) Muhammad [M'hamed] Bey. b. at Sidi-Bou-Saïd, 22^nd December 1897 (s/o Lalla Husn ul-Ujud), educ. privately in Tunis and at Prytanée Militaire de La Flèche, France. Cmsnd. 2^nd Lieut. French Army, rising to the rank of Maj., Military Gov. of the Palace 1942-1953. Rcvd: the Nishan ad-Dam, GC of the Nishan al-Iftikhar, Cdr. of the Order of the Legion of Honour of France, etc. m. Lalla Souad (d. 7^th February 1996), daughter of Shaikh Hamida Bairam, sometime Shaikh ul-Islam, by his wife, Kabira, daughter of Si Mukhtar Kahia., He d. at Kheredinne Palace, near La Goulette, 18^th August 1953, having had issue, three sons and two daughters:
- a) Prince (Sidi) Muhammad [Hammouda] Bey. b. 11^th August 1928. Succeeded as Head of the Royal House of Tunisia, and of the Nishan ad-Dam, Nishan al-Ahad al-Aman, and the Nishan al-Iftikhar, on the death of his cousin, Prince Muhi ud-din [Mohyedine] Bey, October 2006. Rcvd: the Nishan ad-Dam, and GC of the Nishan al-Iftikhar, etc.
- a) Prince (Sidi) Muhammad al-Rashid [Mohamed er-Rechid] Bey. b. 16^th September 1931, educ. Lycée Carnot. Master-at-Law. Economic Advisor, CEO of a Banking institution in the UAE. Rcvd: the Nishan ad-Dam, and GC of the Nishan al-Iftikhar, etc. m. Lalla Lillia (b. ca. 1936), daughter of Lieutenant-General Si Shazli Haidar, sometime Shaikh al-Madina, by his wife, Princess Janaina, daughter of H.H. Muhammad al-Nasir Pasha, Bey and Possessor of the Kingdom of Tunis, GCMG. He has issue, two sons and one daughter:
  - i) Prince (Sidi) Muhammad Bey. b. 6^th September 1956. m. Lalla Miriam Jahan [Jahane]. He has issue, one son and one daughter:
    - (1) Prince (Sidi) Farouk Bey.
    - (2) Princess (Lalla) Janaina [Djeneïna].
  - ii) Prince (Sidi) Muhammad al-Munsif [El Moncef] Bey. b. 10^th November 1957. m. Lalla Danielle. He has issue, one son and one daughter:
    - (1) Prince (Sidi) Mahdi Bey.
    - (2) Princess (Lalla) Yasmin.
  - i) Princess (Lalla) Qamar [Kmar]. m. Mahir Kchouk.
- b) Prince (Sidi) Muhammad al-Tahir [Tahar] Bey. b. 12^th February 1942. He d. young, 5^th May 1954? Copyright©Christopher Buyers
- a) Princess (Lalla) Zainab. b. 28^th February 1927. m. Prince (Sidi) Murad [Mrad] Bey (b. at Sidi-Bou-Saïd, 11^th January 1919), second son of Lieutenant-General H.R.H. Crown Prince Husain Bey, Head of the Royal House of Tunisia, by his wife, Lalla Aisha, daughter of Si Ahmad bin 'Abdu'llah Maria. She had issue, three sons and one daughter - see below.
- b) Princess (Lalla) Fatima [Fattouma]. b. 8^th October 1930. m. Si 'Izz ud-din Farhat, son of Lieutenant-General H.E. (Sahib al-Ma'ali) Sidi Salah Farhat, sometime Minister for Justice, by his wife, Lalla Kulsum, daughter of Si Muhammad al-Munji Khaznadar. She had issue, one son and two daughters.
1) Princess (Lalla) Aziza. b. 1878 (d/o Lalla Fatima). m. Major-General Si Rashid Zaccaria, sometime Cdt.of the Beylical Guard, rcvd: GC of the Nishan al-Iftikhar, GO of the Sharifan Order of Alawi of Morocco, etc., possibly a son of Si 'Ali Zaccaria, sometime ADC to Sidi Muhammad al-Taib, Bey al-Mahalla. She had issue, five daughters:
2) Princess (Lalla) Khadija. b. 1880 (d/o Lalla Husn ul-Ujud). m. Colonel Si Said Zaccaria (b. at La Marsa, 1877; d. 1931), of the Beylical Guard, sometime ADC to Nasir Bey, rcvd: GO of the Nishan al-Iftikhar, possibly a son of Si 'Ali Zaccaria, sometime ADC to Sidi Muhammad al-Taib, Bey al-Mahalla. She had issue, three sons and five daughters:
- a) Si Muhammad al-Munji [El-Mongi] Zaccaria. m. ca. 1934, as her first husband, Princess (Lalla) Farida [Frida] (b. 19^th September 1911, m. second, after the death of her first husband, ca. 1943, Si Muhammad al-Afif Kahiya), eldest daughter of H.H. Muhammad al-Munsif Pasha, Bey and Possessor of the Kingdom of Tunis. He d. ca. 1943, having had issue, three sons and one daughter: Copyright©Christopher Buyers
  - i) Si Said Zaccaria. b. 23^rd April 1937.
  - ii) Si Aziz Zaccaria. b. 20^th September 1938.
  - iii) Si 'Umar [Amor] Zaccaria. b. 1940. He d. 2^nd April 1959.
  - i) Lalla Khadija Zaccaria. b. 6^th July 1935. m. at La Marsa, 2^nd October 1956 (nikah? 18^th February 1954), Prince (Sidi) Zainal-Abidin [Zine El Abidine] Bey (b. 12^th March 1930), younger son of her maternal uncle, Prince Salah ud-din Bey, by his wife, Lalla Mamia, eldest daughter of Colonel Si Said Zaccaria. She had issue, one son and three daughters - see above.
- b) Si 'Abdu'l Aziz [Abdelazziz] Zaccaria.
- c) Si 'Abdu'l Majid [Abdelmegid] Zaccaria.
- a) Lalla Mamia. m. Prince (Sidi) Salah ud-din [Slaheddine] Bey (b. 4^th February 1902; d. at Tunis, 1^st April 1938), eldest son of H.H. Muhammad al-Munsif Pasha, Bey and Possessor of the Kingdom of Tunis. She d. June 1977, having had issue, two sons and two daughters - see below.
- b) Lalla Husn ul-Ujud [Housn-el Oujoud or Jouda]. m. at the Palace of Carthage, June 1933, H.R.H. Prince (Sidi) Shazli [Chédly] Bey (b. at the Palace of Kassar Said, 12^th December 1910), Head of the Royal House of Tunisia, eldest son of H.M. Muhammad al-Amin [Lamine], King of Tunisia, by his wife, H.H. Princess Janaina Beya, daughter of Al-Haj Si Bashir al-Ayari. She d.s.p. from lung cancer, at Tunis, 1991 - see below.
- c) Lalla Saliha [Saluha]. m. Colonel Si Muhammad as-Saghir [Mohamed Essghaïer] (m. second, Princess Amina Beya bint Sulaiman), younger son of Si Ahmad bin 'Abdu'llah Maria, an Italian convert to Islam, by his wife, Princess Traki, eldest daughter of Sidi Husain Bey, Bey al-Taula.
- d) Lalla Taj al-Mulk [Moulka]. m. Si Hadi Sahib al-Taba'a [Hédi Saheb-et-tabaa].
- e) Lalla Fatima [Fatma]. m. Si Muhammad al-Maherzi [Hamadi Maherzi].
3) Princess (Lalla) Assia [Essia] (d/o Lalla Husn ul-Ujud?). m. Major-General Si Muhammad bin Ahmad al-Aid [Mohamad El Aid Maria], sometime cdr. Beylical Guard, elder son Si Ahmad bin 'Abdu'llah Maria, an Italian convert to Islam, by his wife, Princess Traki, eldest daughter of Sidi Husain Bey, Bey al-Taula. She d. 9^th February 1952.
4) Princess (Lalla) Zainab (d/o Lalla Husn ul-Ujud?). m. as his first wife, Si Sulaiman Khaznadar (m. second, Lalla Kabira, and d. 1945), son of Si Muhammad Khaznada, by his wife, Princess Zubaida, daughter of Field Marshal H.H. Muhammad Pasha, Bey and Possessor of the Kingdom of Tunis.
5) Princess (Lalla) Taj ul-Bakht [Bakhta] (d/o Lalla Husn ul-Ujud). m. Lieutenant-General H.H. Prince (Sidi) Muhammad al-Bashir Bey, Bey al-Mahalla (b. at La Marsa, 1^st February 1881; d.s.p.m. 26^th April 1942, and bur. Turbat al-Bey, the Madina, Tunis), younger son of her cousin, H.H. Muhammad al-Hadi Pasha, Possessor of the Kingdom of Tunis, by his wife, Lalla Khadija, daughter of Si Muhammad ar-Rauf bin Rashid al-Shakir. She d. 26^th January 1976, having had issue, one daughter - see above.
6) Princess (Lalla) Janaina [Djeneïna]. b. 1903 (d/o Lalla Husn ul-Ujud). m. 1922, Lieutenant-General Si Shazli [Chédly] Haidar (b. 1902; d. 197x), sometime Shaikh al-Madina (Mayor of the City of Tunis), rcvd: the Nishan al-Ahad al-Aman, GC of the Nishan al-Iftikhar, son of Si Mahmud Haidar, by a former slave girl. She d. 14^th April 1974 (?), having had issue, one son and one daughter - see above.

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