TUNISIA

The Husainid Dynasty

GENEALOGY

• 1) Colonel Prince (Sidi) Muhammad 'Izz ud-din [Azzeddine] Bey. b. at Kassar Said, 19^th July 1875 (s/o Fatima), 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, etc., Cdr. of the Order of the Legion of Honour of France. 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. He d. at Tunis, 3^rd October 1931, having had issue, three sons and two daughters:
  • a) Prince (Sidi) Muhammad al-Hashimi [El-Hachemi] Bey. b. 8^th April 1908 (s/o 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, daughter of Si Shazli [Chédly] Belkhodja. 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.
    • i) Princess (Lalla) Naila. m. and has issue.  Copyright©Christopher Buyers
  • b) Prince (Sidi) Muhammad al-Habib [Lahbib] Bey. b. 25^th October 1929 (s/o Saida). 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. at Carthage, 19^th April 1986, Lalla Amina [Emna] (b. 13^th January 1953), daughter of Si 'Abdu'l Wahab bin 'Abdu'l Razak. He has issue, one son and one daughter:
      • (1) Prince (Sidi) Sadr ud-din [Sadri] Bey. b. at Carthage, 27^th June 1987.
      • (1) Princess (Lalla) Khadija. b. at Carthage, 12^th September 1988.
    • ii) Prince (Sidi) Hatim [Hatem] Bey. b. at Carthage, 9^th October 1960. A gifted artist.
  • b) Prince (Sidi) Muhammad Salah Bey. b. 22^nd September 1930 (s/o Saida). Rcvd: the Nishan ad-Dam, and GC of the Nishan al-Iftikhar, etc. m. Lalla Sofiya [Soufia], née al-Wakdi [El Oukdi]. He d. June 1973, having had issue, one daughter:
    • i) Princess (Lalla) Rym. b. 1^st February 1972.
  • a) Princess (Lalla) Nafisa. b. at La Marsa, 1903 (d/o Arbia). m. Colonel Si Sahbi Belkhodja. She had issue.
  • b) Princess (Lalla) Aziza. b. at Carthage-Salammbo, 1^st February 1931 (d/o Saida). m. Si Muhammad al-Asram [Hamadi Lasram], 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). She had issue, three sons and one daughter.
• 2) Prince (Sidi) Muhammad Salah Bey. b. 17^th October 1877 (s/o Saliha). 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: Copyright©Christopher Buyers
  • 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 Saliha). m. Si 'Abdu'l Salim Bakushi [Abdelselem Baccouche] (b. 1871; d. 1946), son of Lieutenant-General H.E. (Sahib al-Ma'ali) Sidi Muhammad Bakushi [Mohammed Baccouche], sometime Minister of State to Muhammad Sadiq Pasha. She d. 31^st March 1947.
• 2) Princess (Lalla) Fatima. b. 17^th February 1925 (d/o 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. Appointed as Heir Apparent and formally invested 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. Appointed as Lieut-Gen Beylical Army 14/1/1928, prom 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 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 Bey. b. 24^th March 1950. m. (first) Lalla Ilhami [Ilhème], née Masudi [Messoudi]. m. (second) Lalla Rym, née Hafaiedh. He had issue, one son by each wife:
      • (1) Prince (Sidi) Aziz Bey (s/o Ilhami).  Copyright©Christopher Buyers
      • (2) Prince (Sidi) Yunus [Ounss] Bey (s/o Rym).
    • ii) Prince (Sidi) Faisal [Fayçal] Bey. b. 5^th May 1952. m. Lalla Lillia, née Halleli.
    • iii) Prince (Sidi) Walid Bey. b. 9^th August 1959. m. Lalla Zakia, née Chelly. He has issue, one daughter:
      • (1) Princess (Lalla) Aziza.  Copyright©Christopher Buyers
    • i) Princess (Lalla) Alia. b. 11^th January 1947. m. Si Zainal-Abidin al-Jaziri [Zeïn El Abidine Dziri]. She has issue, two sons and one daughter.
    • ii) Princess (Lalla) Hajir [Hager]. b. 23^rd July 1953. m. Si Mustafa Belhawane [Moutapha Belgouane].
  • 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. August 1995, having had issue - see above.
• 4) Prince (Sidi) Zain al-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 Janina). 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 (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^th April 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, née 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. b. 28^th January 1963.
    • ii) Princess (Lalla) Nadia. b. 12^th January 1966. Copyright©Christopher Buyers
  • d) Prince (Sidi) Muhammad Nasir ud-din [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), 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. b. 29^th October 1964. m. Lalla Amal [Amèle], née al-Tlili. He has issue, two daughters:
      • (1) Princess (Lalla) Yasmin. b. 7^th May 1995.
      • (2) Princess (Lalla) Iman [Imane]. b. 5^th January 1998.
    • ii) Prince (Sidi) Muhammad al-Hadi [el Hadi] Bey. b. 8^th March 1967.
    • i) Princess (Lalla) Zohra. b. 3^rd April 1971. m. Si Sami Ben Romdhane (b. 5^th April 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^th September 1942. m. Lalla Salima, née al-Kamil. He has issue, one daughter:
    • i) Princess (Lalla) Iman [Imane]. b. 14^th June 1972.  Copyright©Christopher Buyers
  • a) Princess (Lalla) Dalila. b. 16^th November 1923. m. Prince (Sidi) Najm ud-din [Najm-Eddine] Bey (b. 30^th October 1923; d. 2^nd October 2002), only son of her 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 Ben Mrad. She had issue, one son and four daughters.
• 8) Prince (Sidi) Muhammad Kamal ud-din [Kemal-Eddine] Bey. b. 12^th November 1924 (s/o Mah Razia). Went into voluntary exile in France after 1957. Rcvd: the Nishan ad-Dam (1932) and GC of the Nishan al-Iftikhar (1932), 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) ca. 1951, Lalla Jeanette, née Peypoch. He d. at Err, Pyrénées, France, 23^rd February 1980 (bur. there), having had issue, four sons and three daughters:
  • a) Prince (Sidi) Ahmad Bey. b. 20^th March 1946 (or 20^th November 1946 - El Mokhtar) (s/o Aziza). m. Lalla Ayn al-Hayat [Hayat].
    • b) Prince (Sidi) Yazd [Yadh] Bey. b. 23^rd November 1949 (s/o Lalla Aziza). m. and has issue, one son and one daughter:
    • i) Prince (Sidi) Ziad Bey. b. 8^th August 1978.
    • i) Princess (Lalla) Aziza. b. 2^nd September 1985.
  • c) Prince (Sidi) Lyès Bey. b. 1952 (s/o Jeanette). m. Lalla Andrée, née Pouil.
  • d) Prince (Sidi) Muhammad as-Said [Lassa'ad] Bey. b. 1957 (s/o Jeanette). m. Lalla Corinne, 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. b. 1952.
• 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 [Neila] (m. second, ... Azzouz, by whom she had two further daughters), daughter of Si ‘Abdu’l Majid Zarrouk. m. (second) Lalla Marie (?). He d. at La Marsa, 7^th March 1987 (bur. Sidi 'Abdu'l Aziz Cemetery, La Marsa), having had issue, three sons and three daughters:
  • a) Prince (Sidi) 'Ali Bey. b. 20^th October 1946 (s/o Badia). m. ... He has issue. Copyright©Christopher Buyers
  • b) Prince (Sidi) Muhammad [M'hamed] Bey. b. 3^rd October 1951 (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 Zaccaria. He d. 9^th February 1998, having had issue, one son and one daughter:
    • i) Prince (Sidi) Salim Bey. b. 27^th February 1982.
    • i) Princess (Lalla) Bushra. b. 20^th June 1985.
  • c) Prince (Sidi) Hisham [Hichem] Bey. b. 1955 (s/o Marie?).
  • a) Princess (Lalla) Razia [Radhia]. b. 23^rd June 1954 (d/o Badia). m. (div.) Ahmad Amara.
  • b) Princess (Lalla) Hinda. b. 1957 (d/o Marie?).
  • c) Princess (Lalla) Sonia (d/o Marie?).
  • d) Princess (Lalla) Ilhami [Ilhème] (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 [Hamadi] Bey. b. 2^nd November 1950, educ. Sadiki Coll., Lycée de La Marsa, and Univ. of Dijon. Yachtsman, sometime Presdt. Sidi-Bou-Saïd Yacht Club. m. at La Marsa, July 1977, Lalla Amal [Amèle] (b. 1952), daughter of Dr. Jamal ud-din Messadi. He has issue, two sons:
    • i) Prince (Sidi) Walid Bey. b. at La Marsa, 20^th December 1978.
    • ii) Prince (Sidi) Tariq [Tarek] Bey. b. at La Marsa, 18^th July 1981.
• 1) Princess (Lalla) Sharifa. b. 22^nd January 1886 (d/o Janina). 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] (m. second, Lalla Fafani, of the Zwawa tribe), Adtr. of the Civil List, Dir. of Protocol 1929-1935, rcvd: the Nishan al-Ahad al-Aman, GC of the Nishan al-Iftikhar, etc. She d. 1936, having had issue, one daughter by her first husband:
  • a) Lalla Fatima. 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 Janina ). m. (first) Si Sadiq [Sadok] Zaccaria. m. (second) after the death of her first husband, his brother, Si Mu'hsin [Mohsen] Zaccaria. She d. at Nabeul, 1978, having had issue, two sons and two daughters, including:
  • a) Colonel Si Nasir ud-din Zaccaria. 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 Janina Beya, daughter of Al-Haj Bashir al-Ayari. He had issue, two sons and three 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 - 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, sometime Dir. of Protocol. She had issue, three sons and two daughters, including:
  • a) Si Muhammad al-Jaziri [Hamadi Dziri]. m. Princess (Lalla) Nur al-Huda [Houda] (b. 24^th June 1938), fourth daughter of H.R.H. Prince Muhi ud-din Bey, by his wife, Princess Wassila, daughter of Lieutenant-General H.H. Prince Ismail Bey, Bey al-Mahalla.
• 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.
• 8) Princess (Lalla) Jamila [Djemila]. b. 1909 (d/o Janina). m. 1927, Si 'Abdu'l Kabir bin Chadli al-Dragut [Kbaïar Darghouth], sometime Governor of Nabeul, Presdt of the Assembly of Kaids 1956-1957, rcvd: GC of the Nishan al-Iftikhar (1956), son of Si Shazli [Chadli] bin Muhammad al-Darghouth, descendant of the famous Turkish corsair, Dragut Pasha. She d. 1957.

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