TUNISIA

The Husainid Dynasty

GENEALOGY

Sidi 'Ali al-Turki. b. on the island of Crete. Joined the Janissaries in Istanbul and migrated to Tunis ca. 1650, and cdt of a garrison of the army at Le Kef. m. (first) at Kef, a lady from the al-Shanufi tribe (d. ca. 1734, bur. Turbat al-Fillary, Tunis). m. (second) Lalla Hafsia al-Sharnia, a widow, and a sister of Ghazali al-Sharni. He d. at Le Kef, before 5^th March 1677 (bur. there), having had issue, two sons and one daughter:

1) Sidi Muhammad bin 'Ali al-Turki (s/o the Shanufi lady). Governor of Le Kef and Sousse. Imprisoned by his brother Husain at Kairouan and Bardo 1728-1735. m. (first) a daughter of Yusuf, Chief of the Awlad Hasan. m. (second?) a daughter of Qaid Murad bin 'Abdu'llah. He d. 17^th September 1735 (bur. Turbat Sidi Kasim as-Sababti, Tunis), having had issue, three sons and several daughters, including:
- a) H.H. 'Abu'l Hasan 'Ali I Pasha, Beylerbeyi of Tunis - see below.
- b) Sidi Mahmud Bey. He d. (poisoned?) at Tunis, September 1756.
- c) Sidi Murad Bey. He d. from wounds, at Tunis, September 1756 (bur. Turba al-Bashiya, Suq al-Qashashin, Tunis).
- a) A daughter. m. a khoja of 'Ali Pasha.
- b) A daughter. m. to one al-Sattari (possibly a Tunisian corruption of al-Uskudari, i.e. a native from Scutari).

2) H.H. Amir al-Mukarrim, 'Abu'l Azad Husain I Pasha, Bey of Tunis (s/o Lalla Hafsia al-Sharnia) - see below.

1) A d/o the Shanufi lady. m. Yusuf al-Husni walad Ahsan. She had issue, a son:
- a) Mustafa bin Yusuf al-Husni. Sometime Governor of Le Kef.

1705 - 1735 H.H. Amir al-Mukarrim 'Abu'l Azad Husain I Pasha, Beylerbeyi of Tunis. b. at Le Kef, 1675, second son of Sidi 'Ali al-Turki, by his second wife, Lalla Hafsia al-Sharnia, educ. privately. Joined the Janissaries and became Agha of the Spahis, Treasurer (Khaznadar) to Muhammad bin Murad Bey. Proclaimed as Bey and Possessor of the Kingdom of Tunis, 12^th July 1705. Installed 15^th July 1705. Imperial Ottoman Viceroy of Ifriqiya 1707-1735. Granted the rank of Amir al-Liva before 4/11/1714, and title of Amir al-Mukarrim before March 1729. Entered into treaty relations with France in 1710, the Netherlands in 1712, Britain I 1725 and Austria in 1725. Defeated at the Battle of Smindja by his nephew 'Ali Pasha, 4^th September 1735. Fled to Sousse and later to Kairouan. m. (first) at Le Kef, 169x, Lalla Fatima al-Ghazaliya (d. after 6^th April 1727), daughter of his maternal uncle Ghazali al-Sharin, sometime Governor of Le Kef. m. (second) 1709, Lalla Fatima bint 'Usman [Fatma al-Othmana] (b. ca. 1693; d. 1734, bur. Turbat al-Fillary, Tunis), granddaughter of Aziza al-Othmana and a descendant of Kara 'Usman Dey (r 1595-1610). m. (third) 1709, Lalla Jannat (b. 1696), a former Genoese slave, probably from Corsica. m. (fourth?) the widow or daughter of Ramadan Bey. He was k. (beheaded) by his great nephew, Sidi Yunus bin 'Ali, at Kairouan, 13^th May 1740 (bur. Turbat Sidi Kasim as-Sababti, Tunis), having had issue, four sons and one daughter by his third wife, and five daughters by the others:

1) H.H. Muhammad al-Rashid Pasha, Beylerbeyi of Tunis (s/o Lalla Jannat) - see below.

2) H.H. 'Abu'l Hasan 'Ali II Pasha, Beylerbeyi of Tunis (s/o Lalla Jannat) - see below.

3) Prince (Sidi) Mahmud Bey. b. 1714 (s/o Lalla Jannat), educ. privately. Governor of Sousse 1739-1740. He d. at Constantine, Algeria, August 1746 (bur. there), having had issue, an only son:
- a) Prince (Sidi) Yusuf. He was k. (strangled) at Bardo, 1754 (bur. Turbat Sidi Kasim as-Sababti, Tunis). Copyright©Christopher Buyers

4) Prince (Sidi) Mustafa Bey. b. 1715 (s/o Lalla Jannat). He d.v.p. and s.p. at Bardo, July 1735.

1) Princess (Lalla) Jalila. b. 1694 (d/o Fatima al-Ghazaliya?). m. 1714, Si Ahmad Shalabi (k. in the Kasbah of Tunis, 13^th May 1740), Kahiya al-Mahalla 1706-1740, a former mamluk of Muhammad Lasfar Dey. She had issue, two sons:
- a) Si Hasan Shalabi.
- b) Si Ali Shalabi. Copyright©Christopher Buyers

2) A daughter. m. Si Sulaiman al-Haj Kahiya (k. (beheaded) by Hambas before Prince Yunis, 1735), a former mamluk of Muhammad bin Murad Bey, Kahiya Dar al-Basha. She had issue, one son:
- a) Si Mustafa bin Sulaiman Kahiya. He d. young.

3) Princess (Lalla) Aisha [or Hafsia??] Beya. b. 1702 (d/o Lalla Fatima bint 'Usman). m. April 1714, (div. 1728) H.H. 'Abu'l Hasan 'Ali I Pasha, Beylerbeyi of Tunis (b. 30^th June 1688; k. 25^th September 1756), eldest son of her uncle, Sidi Muhammad bin 'Ali al-Turki, sometime Governor of Le Kef and Sousse, by his wife, a daughter of Yusuf, Chief of the Awlad Hasan - see below.

4) A daughter. m. Si Ahmad bin Méticha, sometime Khoja of the Zouaves.

5) Princess (Lalla) Khadija. m. Si Yusuf Khoja.

6) Princess (Lalla) Fatima. b. 1713 (d/o Lalla Jannat). m. Si Rajab Khaznadar, sometime Treasurer. She d.s.p. Copyright©Christopher Buyers

1735 - 1756 H.H. 'Abu'l Hasan 'Ali I Pasha, Beylerbeyi of Tunis. b. 30^th June 1688, eldest son of Sidi Muhammad bin 'Ali al-Turki, sometime Governor of Le Kef and Sousse, by his wife, a daughter of Yusuf, Chief of the Awlad Hasan, educ. privately. Invested as Heir Apparent with the title of Bey al-Mahalla 17^th January 1706, and was granted the title of Pasha by the Ottoman Sultan 1724. Displaced as Heir Apparent by his cousin, 1726. Installed at the Palace of Bardo, on the deposition of his uncle, 8^th September 1735. Defeated, captured and deposed by the Algerians, 2^nd September 1756. Taken to Algiers in chains. m. (first) before 1709, Lalla Kabira Mamia Beya (d. at Hammam-Lif, 14^th April 1747, bur. Kubbet Mamia, Djebel Sidi Belhassen), daughter of Si 'Ali bin Mami, sometime Kahiya of Tunis. m. (second) April 1714 (div. 1728) Lalla Aisha [or Hafsia] Beya (b. 1702), daughter of his uncle, H.H. Amir al-Mukarrim 'Abu'l Azad Husain I Pasha, Beylerbeyi of Tunis, by his second wife, Lalla Fatima bint 'Usman [Fatma al-Othmana], daughter of 'Usman Dey. m. (third) 1734, a daughter of Muhammad as-Saghir, Chief of the Hannensha walad Ammar. m. (fourth) a sister of Shaikh Muhammad Dargouth. m. (fifth) a slave girl. m. (sixth) another slave girl? He was k. (strangled) by the followers of his cousin Muhammad bin Husain, 22^nd September 1756 (bur. Turba al-Bashiya, Suq al-Qashashin, Tunis), having had issue, three sons by his first wife, and three daughters:

1) H.H. Prince (Sidi) Yunus Bey. b. 1715 (s/o Lalla Kabira), educ. privately. Appointed by his father as Heir Apparent and invested with the title of Bey al-Mahalla, 8^th November 1735. Granted the rank of Kahiya 6/9/1735, prom. to Amir al-Liva before 9/11/1742. Conquered the island of Tabarka 1^st July 1741. Deprived of his ranks and titles and exiled, 22^nd September 1756. m. (first) 1734, a daughter of Bu Aziz Nasir al-Hanashi. m. (second) 1741, a former Genoese Christian slave from Tabarka. He d. in prison at Constantine, Algeria, before 7^th March 1763, having had issue, three sons and one daughter:
- a) Prince (Sidi) Ismail Bey. b. 1742, educ. privately. Rebelled against 'Ali II Pasha 1759-1762. m. (first) at Kesra, 1759, a daughter of Kaid Ahmad as-Suhaili al-Waslati. m. (second) after 1768, a daughter of the Khaznaji of Algiers. He d. at Algiers, before 22^nd September 1780, having had issue, a son by his second wife:
  - i) Prince Sidi Husain Bey (s/o the Khaznaji's daughter). He was k. (strangled) at Bardo, on the orders of Hammuda Pasha, 20^th September 1799 (bur. Turba al-Bashiya, Suq al-Qashashin, Tunis).
- b) Prince (Sidi) Ahmad Bey. b. 1743 (s/o the Christian lady), educ. privately. He d. at Constantine, Algeria, 1768.
- c) Prince (Sidi) Mustafa Bey (s/o the Christian lady), educ. privately. He d. in prison at Bardo, 19^th October 1824.
- a) Princess (Lalla) Khadija. She d. before 15^th August 1776 (bur. Kubbet Mamia, Djebel Sidi Belhassen).

2) Prince (Sidi) Muhammad Bey. b. at Bardo, 1720 (s/o Lalla Kabira), educ. privately. C-inC of the forces against the Algerians 1756. Quarrelled with his brother Yunus. m. (first) ca. 1735, Lalla Fatima (d. 9^th March 1791, bur. Kubbet Mamia, Djebel Sidi Belhassen) daughter of 'Ali al-Haj Dey, sometime Dey of Tunis. m. (second) Lalla Aisha [Aïcha] (d. before 20^th August 1781 (bur. Kubbet Mamia, Djebel Sidi Belhassen). He was k. by the Algerians, 31^st August 1756, having had issue, three sons and one daughter:
- a) Prince (Sidi) Yusuf Bey. He d. in prison, at Bardo, 9^th October 1824 (bur. Turba al-Bashiya, Suq al-Qashashin, Tunis).
- b) Prince (Sidi) Mahmud Bey. b. ca. 1745. He d. from plague, at Constantine, 1754.
- c) Another son, who also d. in prison, at Bardo. Copyright©Christopher Buyers
- a) A daughter. m. a the Turkish Secretary.

3) Prince (Sidi) Sulaiman Bey. b. 1722 (s/o Lalla Kabira). Sometime C-in-C. m. before 22^nd December 1737, a daughter of Shaikh Muhammad bin Yusuf Dargouth, sometime Mufti. He d. (poisoned by his brother Muhammad?), at Le Kef, 8^th December 1754 (bur. Turba al-Bashiya, Suq al-Qashashin, Tunis), having had issue, a son: Copyright©Christopher Buyers
- a) Prince (Sidi) Nu'man Bey. He was mutilated and k. by the Algerians, at Tunis, before 22^nd September 1756.

1) Princess (Lalla) Traki Beya. m. as his first wife, H.H. 'Abu'l Hasan 'Ali II Pasha, Beylerbeyi of Tunis (b. 24^th November 1712; d. 25^th May 1782), second son of H.H. Amir al-Mukarrim 'Abu'l Azad Husain I Pasha, Beylerbeyi of Tunis, by his Genoese wife - see below.

2) A daughter. m. Si Mustafa Belkhodja.

3) A daughter. m. Si Muhammad bin Rajab, son of Rajab bin Mami.

1756 - 1759 H.H. Muhammad al-Rashid Pasha, Beylerbeyi of Tunis. b. 1710, eldest son of H.H. Amir al-Mukarrim 'Abu'l Azad Husain I Pasha, Beylerbeyi of Tunis, by his Genoese wife, educ. privately. Invested as Heir Apparent with the title of Bey al-Mahalla, before 8^th September 1725. Governor of Sousse 1736-1739. Installed at the Palace of Bardo, after the deposition of his cousin, 2^nd September 1756. m. (first) Lalla … (d. 1727), a daughter of Kara Mustafa Pasha, the last Dey of Tunis. m. (second) Lalla Aisha, a former slave girl. m. (third) 1735/1736, a daughter of Jamal ud-din, sometime Kaid of Sousse. m. (fourth) 1756, Lalla Halima (b.1728; d. at Tunis, 1786), daughter of a slave. m. (fifth) Lalla Fatima. He d. at the Palace of Bardo, 12^th February 1759 (bur. Turbat Sidi Kasim as-Sababti, Tunis), having had issue, two sons:

1) H.H. 'Abu'l 'Abdu'llah Mahmud Pasha, Beylerbeyi of Tunis (s/o Lalla Aisha) - see below.

2) H.H. Prince (Sidi) Ismail Bey (s/o Lalla Fatima). Invested as Heir Apparent with the title of Bey al-Mahalla, 1815. m. at Tunis, 5^th October 1776, a daughter of H.H. 'Abu'l Hasan 'Ali II Pasha, Beylerbeyi of Tunis. He d. at Tunis, 3^rd November 1816 (bur. Turbat al-Bey, the Madina, Tunis), having had issue, an only son:
- a) Prince (Sidi) … bin Ismail. He d.v.p. 1797.

continued on the next page.

TUNISIA 1	TUNISIA 3	TUNISIA 4	TUNISIA 5
TUNISIA 6	TUNISIA 7	TUNISIA 8	TUNISIA 9
TUNISIA 10	TUNISIA 11	TUNISIA 12	TUNISIA 13
GLOSSARY	ORDERS & DECORATIONS		HOME

I would be grateful to hear from anyone who may have changes, corrections or additions to contribute. If you do, please be kind enough to send me an e-mail using the contact details at:

CONTACT