TUNISIA

The Husainid Dynasty

GENEALOGY

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1922 - 1929 H.H. Muhammad al-Habib [Lahbib] Pasha, Bey and Possessor of the Kingdom of Tunis. b. at the Palace of Bardo, 13^th August 1858, only son of Sidi Ma’mun Bey, educ. privately. Invested as Heir Apparent with the title of Bey al-Mahalla and the style of His Highness, 12^th May 1906. Proclaimed on the death of his cousin, 8^th July 1922. Installed at the Baît al-Bellar, the Palace of Bardo, 10^th July 1922. Lieut-Gen Beylical Army 12/5/1906, Field Marshal 10/7/1922. Inaugurated the Institut Musulman in Paris, July 1926. The first Tunisian ruler whose name was substituted for the Ottoman Khalif, in Friday Prayers. A gifted ‘naïve’ and ‘figurative’ painter and musician. 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 (12.5.1906), 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 (10.7.1922, GO 12.5.1906), and Officer of the Order of the Academic Palms of France, GC of the Order of the Dragon of Annam, the Sharifan Order of Alawi of Morocco, etc. m. (first) before 1874, Lalla Fatima bint Muhammad [Fattoùma El Ismaila] Beya, daughter of H.E. Sidi Muhammad bin Ismail, sometime Minister under Sadok Pasha, and niece of Lieutenant-General H.E. (Sahib ud-Daula) Sidi Mustafa bin Ismail, sometime Prime Minister. m. (second) H.H. Princess (Lalla) Saliha [Sallouha] Beya (b. before 1866; d. before 1922), daughter of Sidi Mustafa Bey. m. (third) at the Dar al-Taj Palace, La Marsa (or Carthage), 1922, Lalla Shazlia [Chédlya] (d. 14^th January 1951), a commoner. He d. at Carthage, 13^thFebruary 1929 (bur. Turbat al-Bey, the Madina, Tunis), having had issue, three sons and two daughters:

1) Colonel Prince (Sidi) Muhammad ‘Izz ud-din [Azzeddine] Bey. b. at Kassar Said, 19^th July 1875 (s/o Lalla Fatima Beya), educ. privately. Col Beylical Army before 1926. Rcvd: the Nishan ad-Dam and GC of the Nishan al-Iftikhar, GC of the Orders of the Star of Anjouan of France, the Sharifan Order of Alawai of Morocco, Cdr of the Order of the Legion of Honour of France, etc. m. (first) Lalla Zubaida Beya (d. January 1928). m. (second) at Tunis, November 1928, Lalla Saida (d. at Carthage, in the 1960’s or 1970’s), daughter of Si Belhassen Thameur, by his wife, LallaMannana, daughter of Si Muhammad al-Hadi Salim [Hédi Slim]. He d. at Tunis, 3^rd October 1931, having had issue, three sons and two daughters:
- a) Prince (Sidi) Muhammad al-Hashimi Bey [Med El-Hachemi Housseini Bey]. b. 8^th April 1908 (s/o Lalla Arbia). Rcvd: the Nishan ad-Dam and GC of the Nishan al-Iftikhar, Cdr of the Order of the Legion of Honour of France (1945). m. Lalla Fatima (b. at Tunis, 1910; d. 1997), daughter of Si Shazli [Chédly] Belkhodja, by his wife, Lalla Shalbia [Chelbia Bouslama Bent Ahmed]. He d. 196x, having had issue, one son and one daughter:
  - i) Prince (Sidi) Izz ud-din [Azzeddine] Bey. b. 15^th July 1933. m. Lalla Dâad, daughter of Si Taib Haddad, sometime Private Sec to Lamine Bey. He d. 199x, having had issue, at least one son and one daughter.
- b) H.R.H. Prince (Sidi) Muhammad al-Habib Bey [Med Habib Housseini Bey]. b. 25^th October 1929 (s/o Lalla Saida). 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, H.R.H. Prince (Sidi) Muhammad Bey [Hammouda Allah Bey], 17^thJune 2013. Rcvd: the Nishan ad-Dam, and GC of the Nishan al-Iftikhar, etc. m. Lalla Fawzia [Faouzia] (b. 1936; d. 15^th June 1968), daughter of his maternal uncle, Si Muhammad bin Belhassen Thameur. He has issue, two sons:
  
  i) Prince (Sidi) Muhammad Sami Bey. b. at Carthage, 16^th October 1958. Airline Captain-pilot. m. (first) at Carthage, 19^th April 1986 (div.), Lalla Amina [Emna] (b. 13^th January 1953), daughter of Si ‘Abdu’l Wahab bin ‘Abdu’l Razak. m. (second) at Tunis, 5^th September 2003, Lalla Jihane [Jihene] (b. 16^th February 1975) née Boujemáa. He has issue, one son and one daughter by his first wife, and two sons by his second wife:
  
  (1) Prince (Sidi) Sadr ud-din Bey [Sadri Bey Husseini]. b. at Carthage, 27^th June 1987 (s/o Emna), educ. Coll La Salle International, Tunis.
  
  (2) Prince (Sidi) Yusuf Bey [Youssef Bey Husseini]. b. at Carthage, ^th March 2007 (s/o Jihene).Copyright©Christopher Buyers
  
  (3) Prince (Sidi) Mahdi Bey [Mehdi Bey Husseini]. b. at Carthage, 14^th August 2009 (s/o Jihene).
  
  (1) Princess (Lalla) Khadija. b. at Carthage, 12^thSeptember 1988 (d/o Emna).
  
  ii) Prince (Sidi) Hatim [Hatem] Bey. b. at Carthage, 9^th October 1960. A gifted artist. Settled in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
b) Prince (Sidi) Muhammad Salah Bey [Med Salah Housseini Bey]. b. 22^nd September 1930 (s/o Saida). Rcvd: the Nishan ad-Dam, and GC of the Nishan al-Iftikhar, etc. m. Lalla Safia, née al-Wakdi [El Ouakdi]. He d. June 1973, having had issue, one daughter:

i) Princess (Lalla) Rym. b. 1^st February 1972. m. at Tunis, 2^ndFebruary 2002, Sidi Fahd Bey (b. at Le Kram, 6^th January 1964), fourth son of Prince ‘Abdu’l Aziz Bey [Abdelaziz M’rad Benhassine], by his wife, Lalla Fatima al-Hassoumy. She has issue, one son and one daughter – see above.

a) Princess (Lalla) Nafisa. b. at La Marsa, 1903 (d/o Lalla Arbia). m. Colonel Si Sahbi Belkhodja. She had issue.

b) Princess (Lalla) Aziza [Aziza Housseini Bey]. b. at Carthage-Salammbo, 1^st December 1931 (d/o Lalla Saida). m. Si Muhammad al-Asram [Med Lasram] (d. 1981), sometime Mua’tamid, descended from an Arab family believed to be from the Yemen, and traditional holders of the office of Bash Khatib (Chief Secretary), by his wife, Kalthum, daughter of Hassouna Haddad. She d. at Tunis, 1^st February 2022 (bur. there, at El Jallez Cemetery, Maqbara), having had issue, three sons and one daughter.
2) Prince (Sidi) Muhammad Salah Bey. b. 17^th October 1877 (s/o Princess Saliha Beya). Rcvd: the Nishan ad-Dam and GC of the Nishan al-Iftikhar, etc. m. Lalla Beya, daughter of H.E. Sidi Hamida Berraies, sometime Lord Privy Seal to Lahbib Bey. He d.s.p.m. 13^th November 1920, having had issue, an only daughter:

a) Princess (Lalla) Zainab. b. at the Palace of Douar-Chott, near Dermech, 1919. m. Si Muhammad [Hamadi] Berraies. She has issue.
3) H.M. Muhammad al-Amin [Lamine] Pasha, Bey and Possessor of the Kingdom of Tunis (s/o Lalla Fatima) – see below.

1) Princess (Lalla) Halluma. b. 1887 (d/o Princess Saliha Beya). m. Si ‘Abdu’l Salim Bakushi [Abdelselem Baccouche] (b. at Palais Baccouche, Tunis, 1871; d. 1946), poet and linguist, fourth son of Lieutenant-General H.E. (Sahib al-Ma’ali) Sidi Muhammad Bakushi [Mohammed Baccouche], sometime Governor (Kaid) of Tunis and Counsellor of State for Foreign Affairs, by his wife, Lalla Mamia, daughter of Si ‘Abdu’l Hamid [Hamida] bin ‘Abdu’l Rahman Ben Ayed, sometime Governor (Kaid) of Djerba. She d. at Palais Baccouche, Tunis, 31^st March 1947.

2) Princess (Lalla) Fatima. b. 17^th February 1925 (d/o Lalla Shazlia). m. Si Ahmad Kaid as-Sibsi [Ahmed Caïd Essebssi]. She d. at Tunis, 13^th September 1954, having had issue.

1929 - 1942 H.H. Ahmad II Pasha, Bey and Possessor of the Kingdom of Tunis. b. at the Dar al-Taj Palace, La Marsa, 13^th April 1862, fourth son of H.H. ‘Abu’l Hasan ‘Ali III Pasha, Bey and Possessor of the Kingdom of Tunis, educ. privately. Invested as Heir Apparent with the title of Bey al-Mahalla and the style of His Highness, 14^th January 1928. Proclaimed on the death of his cousin, 11^th February 1929. Lieut-Gen Beylical Army 14/1/1928, Field Marshal 11/2/1929. 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 (11.1.1928), and Nishan ad-Dam, and GC of the Nishan al-Iftikhar while a young prince, Knt of the Order of the Golden Spur of the Vatican (24.1.1931), GC of the Orders of the Legion of Honour in brilliants of France (11.2.1929), Muhammad ‘Ali of Egypt, and the Sharifan Order of Alawi of Morocco. m. (first) Lalla Janina Beya (d. at Tunis, 1936), who had nineteen pregnancies, second daughter of Si Muhammad ar-Rauf bin Rashid al-Shakir, by his wife, Lalla Fatima, née Gaïgi. m. (second) at Tunis, 1924, Lalla Mah Razia [Maherzia], rcvd: Cdr of the Order of the Legion of Honour of France, née Nawar [Nauar], from a modest family in Beja. He d. at La Marsa, 19^th June 1942 (bur. Turbat al-Bey, the Madina, Tunis), having had issue, including ten sons and eight daughters:

1) Prince (Sidi) ‘Abdu’l Hamid [Abdelhamid] Bey. b. at La Marsa, 9^th April 1889 (s/o Janina). He d. at at La Marsa, 16^th February 1890.

2) Prince (Sidi) ‘Abdu’l Aziz [Abdelaziz] Bey. b. at La Marsa, 15^th March 1891 (s/o Janina). He d. at La Marsa, 7^th February 1892.

3) Prince (Sidi) Mukhtar [Mokhtar] Bey. b. at La Marsa, 23^rd December 1895 (s/o Janina). Rcvd: the Nishan ad-Dam, and GC of the Nishan al-Iftikhar, Cdr of the Order of the Legion of Honour of France, etc. m. Lalla Aziza (d. before 5^th March 1954), daughter of Si ‘Abdu‘l Azizi al-Jaziri [Abdelaziz Dziri], niece of Lieutenant-General H.E. (Sahib al-Ma‘ali) Sidi Salim al-Jaziri, sometime Dir. of Protocol. He d.v.p. at La Marsa, 19^th August 1930, having had issue, one son and one daughter:

a) Prince (Sidi) Najm ud-din [Najm-Eddine] Bey. b. 30^th October 1923. Rcvd: the Nishan ad-Dam, and GC of the Nishan al-Iftikhar, etc. m. Princess (Lalla) Dalila (b. 16^th November 1923), eldest daughter of his paternal uncle, H.R.H. Prince Muhammad al-Taib Bey, Head of the Royal House of Tunisia. He d. 2^nd October 2002, having had issue, three sons and two daughters:
- i) Prince (Sidi) Jalal [Jalle] Bey. b. 24^th March 1950. m. (first) (div.) Lalla Ilhami [Ilhème], daughter of Si ‘Abdu‘l Aziz Masudi [Abdelaziz Messoudi], by his wife, Lalla Zainab [Zeïneb], daughter of Si Mu’hsin [Mohsen] Zakaria, by his wife, Princess (Lalla) Zohra, second daughter of H.H. Ahmad II Pasha, Bey and Possessor of the Kingdom of Tunis. m. (second) Lalla Rym Hafaiedh. m. (third) Lalla Lilia Hellali (b. 20^thJuly 1952), former wife of his younger brother, Prince Faisal Bey. He had issue, one son by his first wife:
  - (1) Prince (Sidi) Aziz Bey (s/o Ilhami). Copyright©Christopher Buyers
- ii) Prince (Sidi) Faisal [Fayçal] Bey. b. 5^th May 1952. m. (div.) Lalla Lilia Hellali (b. 20^th July 1952; m. second, as his third wife, Prince Jalal Bey - see above).He had issue, one son by his first wife:
  
  (1) Prince (Sidi) Yunus Bey [Ons Ben Hassine Bey] (s/o Lilia), educ. ES, and Inst Superieur Informatique (ISI), Tunis. m. Lalla Rania Darderi, employed with Banque Tuniso-Libyenne in Tunis. He has issue, two sons:
  
  (a) Prince (Sidi) Prince (Sidi) Yusuf [Youssef] Bey.
  
  (b) Prince (Sidi) Prince (Sidi) Ilian Bey.
- iii) Prince (Sidi) Walid Bey. b. 9^thAugust 1959. m. Lalla Zakia, née Chelly. He has issue, one daughter:
  
  (1) Princess (Lalla) Aziza. Copyright©Christopher Buyers
- i) Princess (Lalla) Alia. b. at Tunis, 11^th January 1947. m. 1970, Si Zainal-Abidin al-Jaziri [Zeïn El Abidine Dziri] (b. at Tunis, 27^th September 1939), youngest son of Lieutenant-General H.E. (Sahib al-Ma‘ali) Sidi Salim al-Jaziri [Slim Dziri], sometime Minister Plenipotentiary and Dir of Protocol, by his third wife, Lalla Khadija Hachaichi. She had issue, two sons and one daughter.
a) Princess (Lalla) Nafisa [Nefissa]. b. 1919. m. Prince (Sidi) Salah Bey. (b. 3^rd February 1919), younger son of Lieutenant-General H.H. Prince Ismail Bey, Bey al-Mahalla, by his wife, Lalla Fatima. She d. 15^th August 1995, having had issue, one son and three daughters – see above.

4) Prince (Sidi) Zainal-Abidin [Zine El Abidine] Bey. b. at La Marsa, 31^st January 1898 (s/o Janina). He d. in infancy.

5) Prince (Sidi) Mustafa Bey. b. at La Marsa, 13^th June 1900 (s/o Janina). He d. at La Marsa, 24^th September 1900.

6) Prince (Sidi) Muhammad Muhi ud-din [Mohyeddine] Bey. b. at La Marsa, 16^th October 1901 (s/o Janina). He d. in infancy.

7) H.R.H. Prince (Sidi) Muhammad al-Taib [El Taïeb] Bey. b. at La Marsa, 29^th December 1902 (s/o Lalla Janina Beya). Head of the Royal House of Tunisia, and of the Nishan ad-Dam, Nishan al-Ahad al-Aman, and the Nishan al-Iftikhar, 1974? Rcvd: the Nishan ad-Dam, GC of the Nishan al-Iftikhar, and the Order of St Gregory the Great of the Vatican (24.1.1931), Cdr of the Order of the Legion of Honour of France, etc. m. (first) Lalla Saida, daughter of Si Bashir Murabit al-Qariyani [Béchir el-Ghariany], by his wife, Lalla Sharifa, née Zarrouk. m. (second) after the death of his first wife, Lalla Zohra (b. 1908; d. 25^th October 1970), younger sister of his first wife. He d. at Salammbo-Carthage, 29^thApril 1989, having had issue, six sons and three daughters:

a) Prince (Sidi) Muhammad Salah Bey. b. 19^th April 1928. He d. in infancy.

b) Prince (Sidi) Muhammad Rashid [Rechid] Bey. b. 13^th December 1930. Rcvd: the Nishan ad-Dam, and GC of the Nishan al-Iftikhar, etc.

c) Prince (Sidi) Muhammad al-Mukhtar Bey [El Mokhtar Bey]. b. at La Marsa, 5^th November 1933 (d/o Zohra), educ. Lycée Carnot, Tunis and Univ of the Sorbonne, Paris (LLD and Dr Pol Sci). Advocate at the Court of Appeal in Paris, Dir-Gen Locafrance, Professor of Law & Economics at the Univ of Montpellier I. Author of “Le Fondateur de la Dynastie Husainid, Hussein ben Ali” (1993) and “Les Beys de Tunis 1705-1957” (2002), etc. Rcvd: the Nishan ad-Dam, and GC of the Nishan al-Iftikhar, etc. m. (first) (div.) Ingrid Hesse, a German lady. m. (second) Lalla Zakia, daughter of Si Bashir Barakat, by his wife, Lalla Fatima, née al-Mo’ty. He had issue, two daughters by his first wife:

i) Princess (Lalla) Lillia [Lillia Bey]. b. 28^th January 1963.

ii) Princess (Lalla) Nadia [Nadia Bey]. b. 12^th January 1966.

d) Prince (Sidi) Muhammad Nasir ud-din Bey [Mohamed En-Naceur Eddine Bey]. b. 4^th September 1936. Rcvd: the Nishan ad-Dam, and GC of the Nishan al-Iftikhar, etc. m. Princess (Lalla) Haluma [Hallouma] (b. 21^st September 1940; d. at Le Kram, 16^th April 2019, bur. Sidi Abdelaziz Cemetery, La Marsa), elder daughter of Prince Muhammad al-Hadi Bey, by his third wife, Lalla Mu’hsina, daughter of Si Hadi bin Sulaiman Kahiya. He has issue, two sons and one daughter:

i) Prince (Sidi) Ahmad Bey [Ahmed Bey]. b. 29^thOctober 1964. m. Lalla Amal al-Tlili [Amèle Bey]. He has issue, one son and two daughters:
- (1) Prince (Sidi) Aiman Bey [Aiman Bey]. b. 5^thJanuary 1998 (twin with his sister Iman).
ii) Prince (Sidi) Muhammad al-Hadi Bey [Hédi Bey]. b. 8^th March 1967. m. Lalla Samah [Semeh Bey] (b. 21^st July 1978), educ. Ecole Nationale d’Admin (ENA) (LLM 2002), Reims, France. He has issue, two daughters:
- (1) Princess (Lalla) Mariam [Mariem Bey].
i) Princess (Lalla) Zohra [Zohra Bey Ben Romdhane]. b. 3^rd April 1971. m. Si Sami Ben Romdhane (b. 5^thApril 1970). She has issue, one daughter.

e) Prince (Sidi) Muhammad Jalal ud-din [Djelal-Eddine] Bey. b. 20^th August 1938. He d.v.p. 26^th August 1939.

f) Prince (Sidi) Mahmud Bey. b. 11^thSeptember 1942. m. Lalla Salima al-Kamil. He has issue, one daughter:

i) Princess (Lalla) Iman [Imane Bey]. b. 14^th June 1972.

a) Princess (Lalla) Dalila. b. 16^th November 1923. m. Prince (Sidi) Nazm ud-din [Najm-Eddine] Bey (b. 30^th October 1923; d. 2^nd October 2002), only son of her paternal uncle, Prince Mukhtar Bey, by his wife, Lalla Aziza, daughter of Si ‘Abdu’l Azizi al-Jaziri. She had issue, three sons and two daughters – see above.

b) Princess (Lalla) Saida. m. (first) (div.) Prince (Sidi) Zainal-Abidin [Zine-El-Abidine] Bey (b. 11^th March 1921; d. at La Marsa, 22^nd February 1984), son of Prince Muhammad ‘Abd’al Aziz [El Aziz] Bey, Bey al-Taula, by whom she had no issue – see above. m. (second) Si Muhammad [Hamadi] Belhassen, a descendant of the saint, Sidi Belhassen Chédly. She had issue, two sons and two daughters by her second husband.

c) Princess (Lalla) Traki. b. 31^st January 1932. m. Si Muhammad [Hamadi] Ben Mrad, son of Shaikh Muhammad Néji Ben Mrad, by his wife, Lalla Halluma, daughter of Haji Kilani Ben Ammar. She had issue, one son and four daughters.

8) Prince (Sidi) Muhammad Kamal ud-din Bey [Kemal-Eddine Bey]. b. 12^th November 1924 (s/o Mah Razia). He went into voluntary exile in France after the abolition of the monarchy in 1957. Rcvd: the Nishan ad-Dam (1932) and GC of the Nishan al-Iftikhar (1932), and the Sharifan Order of Alawi of Morocco, Cdr of the Order of the Legion of Honour of France, etc. m. (first) 1942, Lalla Aziza, daughter of Si Muhammad Sharif, by his wife, Princess Ruqiya, eldest daughter of Lieutenant-General H.H. Prince Ismail Bey, Bey al-Mahalla. m. (second) 1949, Lalla Jeanne Marie [Princess Jeanne Bey] (b. at Latour-de-France, Pyrénées-Orientales, France, 7^th January 1921; d. at Prades, Pyrénées-Orientales, France, 11^th October 2006, bur. there, Err Cemetery), former wife of Paul Pierre François Cantagrill, and daughter of Jean Dominique Peypoch, of Cassagnes, Pyrénées-Orientales, France, by his wife, Henriette Rose Marie, daughter of Gilles Garrete, of Err, Pyrénées-Orientales, France. He d. at Err, Pyrénées-Orientales, France, 23^rd February 1980 (bur. there, Err Cemetery), having had issue, four sons and three daughters:

a) Prince (Sidi) Ahmad Bey. b. 20^th March 1946 (s/o Aziza). m. Lalla Ayn al-Hayat [Hayat].

b) Prince (Sidi) Yazd [Yadh] Bey. b. 23^rd November 1949 (s/o Aziza). m. and has issue, one son and one daughter:

i) Prince (Sidi) Ziad al-Husaini Bey [Zied El Housseini Bey]. b. at La Marsa, 8^th August 1978, educ. Lycée Carthage Présidence. m. Soraya Cherif Elhousseini, educ. Lycée Carthage Présidence, and Univ Paris VI-Pierre & Marie Curie Univ, Paris, France.

i) Princess (Lalla) Aziza [Aziza El Housseini Hamrouni]. b. at La Marsa, 1^st September 1985, educ. Lycée Marsa Saada, La Marsa. m. Tarek Hamrouni, educ. Lycée Pilote Bourguiba, Tunis, and the Univ of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany, Consulting Engineer BMW in Munich 2006-2007, Test Engineer Hella in Lippstadt 2007-2009, Consulting Engineer Claas in Paderborn 2009-2010, System Engineer Simulation and Testing with WABCO Vehicle Control Systems in Hanover since 2010. She has issue, one son.

c) Prince (Sidi) Ilyas [Elyès] Bey. b. at La Marsa, 1^st March 1950 (s/o Jeanette), educ. Lycée Carthage Présidence. Mngr SARL Bey Elyes 2002-2008, Co-Mngr SARL AMILCAR since 2008, Municipal Councillor Bourg-Madame since 2008. m. Lalla Andrée Bey (b. 1956), educ. Lycée Jules Fil, Carcassonne, and Coll Joseph Anglade, Lézignan-Corbières, France, Co-Mngr SARL AMILCAR since 2008, daughter of ... Pouil, by his wife, Florentine Pouil, née Gonzalez. He had issue, one son and one daughter:

i) Prince (Sidi) Olivier Bey, educ. Lycée d’Enseignement Agricole Privé Le Mas-Blanc, Bourg-Madame, and Univ de Perpignan Via Domitia, Perpignan, France.

i) Princess (Lalla) Miraim [Myriam Bey]. b. 11^th January 1980, educ. Ecole Primaire & Coll Bourg-Madame, Lycée Climatique &Sportif Pierre de Coubertin, Lycée d’Enseignement Agricole Privé Le Mas-Blanc (BTA), Bourg-Madame, and CCI de Perpignan (BTS AGTL 2005), France. Sec-Accountant in the mayor‘s office of Mairie d’Angoustrine-Villeneuve-des-Escalde since 2005. m. Jean-François Arro, of Osséja, Pyrénées-Orientales, France, cattle farmer, Vice-Presdt Syndicat Aubrac Pyrénées Méditerranée, youngest son of Jean Arro, of Osséja, Pyrénées-Orientales, France, by his wife, Jeanne, née Maurell. She has issue, one daughter.

d) Prince (Sidi) Muhammad as-Said [Lassa'ad] Bey. b. 1957 (s/o Jeanette). m. Lalla Corinne Bey (b. 1962), educ. Ecole de filles, Lespignan, Lespignan, Hérault, and Lycée Paul Cézanne, Mantes-la-Jolie, Yvelines, France, née Ramos.

a) Princess (Lalla) Naila. b. 12^th October 1943 (d/o Aziza). m. Si Muhammad Farhat (d. 1986). She had issue, two sons and three daughters.

b) Princess (Lalla) Dalenda. b. 1^st October 1944 (d/o Aziza). m. 1949, Si Habib Bousetta. She had issue, two sons and one daughter.

c) Princess (Lalla) Laila [Leila Bey]. b. 1952 (d/o Jeanette), .

9) Prince (Sidi) Muhammad Riza [Ridha] Bey. b. 9^th September 1928 (s/o Mah Razia). Rcvd: the Nishan ad-Dam, and GC of the Nishan al-Iftikhar, Cdr of the Order of the Legion of Honour of France, etc. m. (first) 1949 (div.), Lalla Badia Zarrouk [Neila] (m. second, ... Azzouz, by whom she had two further daughters: Fatma and Khédija Azzouz), daughter of Si ‘Abdu’l Majid Zarrouk, by his wife, Fatma Bechiri. m. (second) Lalla Marie. He d. at La Marsa, 7^th March 1987 (bur. Sidi ‘Abdu’l Aziz Cemetery, La Marsa), having had issue, two sons and one daughter by his first wife, and one son and three daughters by his secnod wife:

a) Prince (Sidi) Muhammad Bey [M’hamed Bey]. b. at La Marsa, 10^th October 1950 (s/o Badia). m. Princess (Lalla) Rawia (b. 1957; m. second, Aziz Khalfat), eldest daughter of Prince Zainal-Abidin Bey, by his wife, Lalla Khadija, eldest daughter of Si Muhammad al-Munji Zakaria. He d. 9^thFebruary 1998, having had issue, one son and one daughter:
- i) Prince (Sidi) Salim Bey [Slim Ben Hassen]. b. 27^th February 1982. Settled in Nice, France.
b) Prince (Sidi) ‘Ali Bey. b. at La Marsa, 27^thOctober 1951 (s/o Badia). (first) (div.) Martine Ledoux (b. at Paris, France, 19^th April 1952). m. (second) (div.) Raja Selmi (b. 10^th July 1957). He had issue, two daughters:
- i) Princess (Lalla) Lynda [Lynda Bey]. b. at Clamart, Hauts-de-Seine, France, 6^thDecember 1973 (d/o Martine), educ. Lycée Voltaire. m. (first) (div.) Masud [Messod] Abittan. m. (second) Munzir [Mondher] Mihoub (b. 12^th May 1969), educ. Coll Jean Giono, Nice, France, Don Bosco High Sch, Gilbertville, Iowa, USA, Lycée Professionnel Alfred Hutinel, Cannes La Bocca, and Lycée Jean Perrin, Rezé, Loire-Atlantique, France. She has issue, one daughter by her first husband:
  
  (1) Lalla Salomé Abittan [Salma]. b. at Créteil, Val-de-Marne, France, 4^th October 1999.
- ii) Princesse (Lalla) Walha [Walha El Housseiny]. b. 24^th Mars 1978 (d/o Raja). m. Muizz [Moez] Zahwani (b. 28^th December 1970), educ. Lycée Rue de Marseille, Imest de Tunis. She has issue, one son and one daughter:
  
  (1) Si Baha ud-din [Bahaeddine] Zahwani. b. 10^th June 2004.
  
  (1) Lalla Nirmina [Nermine] Zahwani. b. 10^th August 2006. Copyright©Christopher Buyers
c) Prince (Sidi) Hisham [Hichem] Bey. b. 1955 (s/o Marie).

a) Princess (Lalla) Razia [Radhia El Housseini Bey]. b. at Hammam-Lif, 23^rdJune 1954 (d/o Badia), educ. Lycée Maxula Radès. m. (div.) Ahmad Amara (b. 24^th October 1947; d. 4^th January 2009). She had issue, one son and two daughters by her first husband:

i) Si Sofiénne Amara. b. 14^th avril 1982. m. Raja Majdoub (b. 11^th June 1971). He has issue, one son:
- (1) Si Bashir [Béchir] Amara. b. 7^th November 2008.
i) Lalla Feten Amara. b. 14^thMay 1976, educ. Faculty of Commerce & Finance Bouabdellih. m. Mahdi [Mehdi] Mejdoub (b. 18^th July 1977). She has issue, one son:
- (1) Si Hadi [Hédi] Mejdoub. b. 15^th July 2009.
ii) Lalla Wafa Amara. b. 14^thMay 1978, educ. ISAC (dip. d’Ésthetique). MD of Soc Lella El Baya El Menzah-Institut de Beauté Tunisie. m. ... Lahdhiri.

b) Princess (Lalla) Hinda. b. 1957 (d/o Marie).

c) Princess (Lalla) Sonia [Sonia Bey] (d/o Marie). Settled in Cheyssieu, Rhone-Alpes, France.

d) Princess (Lalla) Ilhami [Ilhème Bey] (d/o Marie).

10) Prince (Sidi) Muhammad Burhan ud-din [Bourhaneddine] Bey. b. 20^th March 1930 (s/o Mah Razia). Rcvd: the Nishan ad-Dam, and GC of the Nishan al-Iftikhar, Cdr of the Order of the Legion of Honour of France, etc. m. 1949, Lalla Jalila Ben Mustapha (b. 1933), sometime Deputy in the National Assembly, Mbr Exec Brd Union Nationale des Femmes de Tunis (UNFT), daughter of Si Mahmud Ben Mustapha. He d. at La Marsa, 16^th June 1950 (bur. Husainid Mausoleum, Turbat al-Bey, the Madina, Tunis), leaving a posthumous son:

a) Prince (Sidi) Muhammad Burhan ud-din Bey [Dady Bey]. b. at La Marsa, 2^nd November 1950, educ. Lycée Français de La Marsa, Centre International de Valbonne (CIV), Valbonne-Sophia-Antipolis, France, Sadiki Coll, Tunis, and Univ d’Auvergne Clermond-Ferrand I, Auvergne, France. Yachtsman, sometime Presdt Sidi-Bou-Saïd Yacht Club. Rcvd: the Nishan ad-Dam, and GC of the Nishan al-Iftikhar. m. at La Marsa, July 1977, Lalla Amal [Amèle Bey] (b. 1952), educ. Lycée Français Gustave Flaubert (Cailloux), La Marsa, and Univ d’Auvergne Clermond-Ferrand I (BSc), Auvergne, France, pharmacist, daughter of Dr Jamal ud-din Messadi. He had issue, two sons:
- i) Prince (Sidi) Walid Bey. b. at La Marsa, 20^th December 1978, educ. Lycée Français Gustave Flaubert (Cailloux), La Marsa, and École Nationale Supérieure de Biologie Appliquée à la Nutrition et à l'Alimentation (ENSBANA), Dijon, France.

1) Princess (Lalla) Sharifa. b. 22^nd January 1886 (d/o Lalla Janina Beya). m. (first) Radhouane. m. (second) as his first wife (div. before 1929) Lieutenant-General H.E. (Sahib al-Ma‘ali) Sidi Salim al-Jaziri [Slim Dziri] (b. at Tunis, 5^th August 1875; m. second, Lalla Fafani, of the Zwawa tribe. m. third, Lalla Khadija Hachaichi, and d. at Bardo, 18^th November 1963, leaving a further three sons and two daughters), Adtr of the Civil List, Minister Plenipotentiary 1929-1935, Presdt of the Interior Administration, Dir of the Beylical Palace and Chief of Protocol 1935-1942, rcvd: the Nishan al-Ahad al-Aman, GC of the Nishan al-Iftikhar, and the Black Star of Benin, Cdr of the Order of the Legion of Honour (7.7.1934), and Knt of the Academic Palms of France, Cdr with Star of the Order of St Gregory the Great of the Vatican, etc, son of Si Hamid al-Jaziri [Hamda Dziri], by his wife, Daddou Ben Ja’afar. She d. 1936, having had issue, one daughter by her first husband:

a) Lalla Fatima Radhouane. m. as his first wife, 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 – see above.

2) Princess (Lalla) Zohra. b. 27^th June 1887 (d/o Lalla Janina Beya). m. (first) Si Sadiq [Sadok] Zakaria. m. (second) after the death of her first husband, his brother, Si Mu’hsin [Mohsen] Zakaria, sometime Kaid and provincial governor, Dir of the Beylical Press, journalist and man of letters, rcvd: Knt of the Order of the Legion of Honour, and French War Cross 1914-1918. She d. at Nabeul, 1978, having had issue, two sons and two daughters:

a) Colonel Si Nasir ud-din Zakaria. Sometime ADC to Lamine Bey. m. 1944, H.R.H. Princess (Lalla) Zanukha [Zeneïkha] (b. 18^th March 1923), rcvd: GC of the Nishan al-Iftikhar, fifth daughter of H.M. Muhammad al-Amin [Lamine], King of Tunisia, by his wife, H.H. Princess (Lalla) Janina [Djeneïna] Beya, daughter of Al-Haj Bashir al-Ayari. He had issue, two sons and three daughters.

b) Si ‘Ali Zakaria.

b) Lalla Zainab [Zeïneb]. m. Si ‘Abdu‘l Aziz Masudi [Abdelaziz Messoudi] (b. at Tunis, 1875). She had issue, four sons and eight daughters.

3) Princess (Lalla) Hanifa. b. 16^th November 1890. m. Lieutenant-General H.H. Prince (Sidi) ‘Izz ud-din Bey, Bey al-Mahalla (b. 6^th April 1882; d. at a Tunis hospital, from wounds received from an assassin’s bullet, 1^st July 1953, and bur. Husainid Mausoleum, Turbat al-Bey, the Madina, Tunis), third son of Sidi Mustafa Bey. She d. 12^th January 1983, having had issue four sons and one daughter – see below.

4) Princess (Lalla) Kalsum. b. 8^th February 1892. m. Si Muhammad al-Hadi al-Jaziri [Hédi Dziri], son of Si ‘Abdu’l Aziz al-Jaziri [Abdelaziz Dziri], and a nephew of Lieutenant-General H.E. (Sahib al-Ma‘ali) Sidi Salim al-Jaziri [Slim Dziri]. She had issue, three sons and two daughters:

a) Si Muhammad al-Jaziri [Hamadi Dziri]. m. Princess (Lalla) Nur al-Huda [Houda] (b. 24^th June 1938), fourth daughter of Prince Muhi ud-din Bey, by his wife, Princess Wassila, daughter of Lieutenant-General H.H. Prince Ismail Bey, Bey al-Mahalla.

b) Si Zain al-Jaziri [Zeïn Dziri].

c) Si ‘Abdu’l Aziz al-Jaziri [Abdelaziz Dziri].

a) Lalla Qmar [Kmar].

b) Lalla Juda [Jeuda].

5) Princess (Lalla) Zanukha [Zeneïkha]. b. 8^th January 1895.

6) Princess (Lalla) Kabira [Kabboura]. b. 2^nd December 1896. She d. 10^th April 1898.

7) Princess (Lalla) Assia [Essia]. b. 17^th May 1899. m. Si Zainal Abidin as-Sanusi [Zine al-Abidine Snoussi] (b. 1901; d. 1965). She d.s.p.

8) Princess (Lalla) Jamila [Djemila]. b. 1909 (d/o Lalla Janina Beya). m. 1927, H.E. Si ‘Abdu’l Kabir bin Shazli al-Dragut [Kbaïar Ben Chédly Darghouth] (b. at Tunis, 1902; m. second, at Tunis, 1958, Princess (Lalla) Zanaika [Zeneïkha] – see above. m. third, Jamila Sadfi, and d. 11^th June 1991, leaving three daughters by his third wife), sometime Governor (Kaid) of Nabeul, Presdt Assembly of Kaids 1956-1957, rcvd: GC of the Nishan al-Iftikhar (1956), son of Si Shazli bin Muhammad al-Dragut [Chédly Ben Darghouth], descendant of the famous Turkish corsair, Dragut Pasha. She d. having had issue, 1957, several children.

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