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The Husainid Dynasty

GENEALOGY

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1855 - 1859 Field Marshal H.H. Muhammad [M'hamad] Pasha, Bey and Possessor of the Kingdom of Tunis, had further issue:

2) Prince (Sidi) Said Bey. He d. 1859 (bur. Turbat al-Bey, the Madina, Tunis).
3) H.H. Muhammad al-Nasir Pasha, Bey and Possessor of the Kingdom of Tunis - see below.
1) Princess (Lalla) Fatima. m. H.E. Sidi Ahmad Haidar (b. 1817; m. second, after 1866, Princess Haluma bint 'Ali, and d. 1900), Lord Privy Seal to 'Ali III, a former mamluk of Greek origin. She d. 1866, having had issue, two sons:
- a) Si Muhammad Mu'hsin Haidar. m. Lalla Aisha [Aïcha], daughter of his maternal aunt, Princess Saliha, by her husband, Si Muhammad Gara. He had issue, one son.
- b) Si Mahmud Haidar. m. a former slave girl. He had issue, one son:
  - i) Lieutenant-General Si Shazli [Chédly] Haidar. b. 1902. Shaikh al-Madina (Mayor of the City of Tunis). Rcvd: the Nishan al-Ahad al-Aman, GC of the Nishan al-Iftikhar, etc. m. 1922, Princess (Lalla) Janaina [Djeneïna] (b. 1903; d. 14^th April 1974?), daughter of H.H. Muhammad al-Nasir Pasha, Bey and Possessor of the Kingdom of Tunis, GCMG, by his second wife, Lalla Husn ul-Ujud. He d. 197x, having had issue, one son and one daughter:
    - (1) Si Lyès Haidar. b. 1929. m. Princess (Lalla) Lillia, daughter of Prince Murad Bey, by his wife, Princess Zainab, eldest daughter of Prince Muhammad Bey bin Muhammad al-Nasir - see below.
    - (1) Lalla Lillia. b. ca. 1936. m. Prince (Sidi) Muhammad al-Rashid Bey (b. 16^th September 1931), second son of her maternal uncle, Prince Muhammad Bey, by his wife, Lalla Souad, daughter of Shaikh Hamida Bairam, sometime Shaikh ul-Islam. She had issue, two sons and one daughter - see above.
2) Princess (Lalla) Khadija. m. Si Muhammad Shazli [Chédly], son of Lieutenant-General H.E. (Sahib al-Ma'ali) Sidi Husain Khoja, sometime Bash Mamluk, by his wife, Princess Kabira, daughter of Lieutenant-General H.H. 'Abu 'Abdu'llah Husain II Pasha, Beylerbeyi of Tunis. She had issue, one son - see above. Copyright©Christopher Buyers
3) Princess (Lalla) Saliha [Saluha]. m. Si Muhammad Gara. She had issue, two sons and one daughter:
- a) Si Muhammad Gara. m. Princess (Lalla) Hanani, daughter of Prince Husain Bey, Bey al-Taula, by his wife, Lalla Janaina, daughter of Lieutenant-General H.E. (Sahib al-Ma'ali) Sidi Husain Khoja, sometime Bash Mamluk.
- b) Si Ahmad Gara. m. (first) Princess (Lalla) Kabira [Kabboura] (d. 1912), daughter of Prince Husain Bey, Bey al-Taula, by his wife, Lalla Janaina, daughter of Lieutenant-General H.E. (Sahib al-Ma'ali) Sidi Husain Khoja, sometime Bash Mamluk. m. (second) after 1922, Princess (Lalla) Khadija [Khadouja], widow of Si Muhammad al-Munji Khaznadar, and daughter of Prince Mustafa Bey, Bey al-Taula.
- a) Lalla Aisha [Aïcha]. m. Si Muhammad Mu'hsin Haidar, eldest son of H.E. Sidi Ahmad Haidar, by his first wife, Princess Fatima. She had issue, one son.
4) Princess (Lalla) Zubaida. m. before 22^nd March 1871, Si Muhammad Khaznadar (b. 1840; d. 1929), eldest son of Lieutenant-General H.E. (Sahib ud-Daula) Sidi Mustafa Khaznadar, sometime Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs, by his wife, Princess Kulsum, daughter of Lieutenant-General H.H. Mustafa Pasha, Beylerbeyi of Tunis. She d. before 5^th April 1924, having had issue, three sons and two daughters - see above.

1859 - 1882 Field Marshal H.H. Muhammad as-Sadiq [Essadok] Pasha, Bey and Possessor of the Kingdom of Tunis, GCB (c 1.6.1865). b. 7^th February 1813, second son of Lieutenant-General H.H. 'Abu 'Abdu'llah Husain II Pasha, Beylerbeyi of Tunis, by his second wife, Lalla Fatima al-Munastiri, educ. privately. Invested as Heir Apparent with the title of Bey al-Mahalla and the style of His Highness, 10^th June 1855. Proclaimed on the death of his elder brother, 20^th September 1859. Installed at the Palace of Bardo, 24^th September 1859. Settled the order succession by establishing hereditary succession within the Beylical house to the eldest male Prince alive at the death of the incumbent, 26^th April 1861. Confirmed in the hereditary title of Bey and Possessor of the Kingdom of Tunis by Imperial Ottoman Firman 24^th October 1871. Sovereign and Grand Master of the Nishan al-Ahad al-Aman, Nishan ad-Dam, and Nishan al-Iftikhar. Founded the Nishan al-Ahad al-Murassa on 11^th November 1874. Signed the Treaty of Bardo at Kassar Said, 12^th May 1881, which established a measure of French control over the regency. Lieut-Gen. Imperial Ottoman Army 10/6/1855, prom. Field Marshal 10/12/1859. Rcvd: the Orders of Glory (Atiq Nishan-i-Iftikhar) 1^st class, the Osmans (Nishan-i-Osmanieh) special class in brilliants (1^st class 27.4.1862), and Nobility (Nishan-i-Majidieh) special class in brilliants of Turkey (10.1.1860), Knt. of the Orders of the Golden Fleece of Spain (31.10.1870), Annunziata of Italy, and the White Eagle of Russia, GC of the Orders of SS Maurice & Lazarus and the Crown of Italy, St Stephen of Hungary, Leopold of Austria, Crown od Bavaria, Zachringen Lion of Baden, Leopold of Belgium, Tower and Sword of Portugal, Vasa of Sweden (7.9.1860), Legion of Honour in brilliants of France (17.9.1860), Dannebrog of Denmark (25.6.1861), the Netherlands Lion (14.8.1861), Carlos III (1861), and Isabella the Catholic of Spain (1863), Red Eagle of Prussia (1863), St Olav of Norway (2.5.1865), St Charles of Monaco, the Redeemer of Greece, etc. m. (first) at the Baît al-Basha, the Palace of Bardo, 15^th October 1826 (nikah) and before 9^th January 1834 (zifaf), his maternal first cousin, only daughter of Abu'l 'Abbas Ahmad al-Munastiri, by his wife, Princess Zubaida, elder daughter of H.H. 'Abu'l 'Abdu'llah Mahmud Pasha, Bey of Tunis. m. (second) Lalla Henani (d. 1852), daughter of Si 'Ali bin Muhammad Laroussi, sometime Kaid and Presdt. Majlis al-Tijari. m. (third) a former slave girl. m. (fourth) Lalla Qamar [Kmar] Beya (m. second, 1883, H.H. 'Abu'l Hasan 'Ali III Pasha, Bey and Possessor of the Kingdom of Tunis. m. third, 1906, H.H. Muhammad al-Nasir Pasha, Bey and Possessor of the Kingdom of Tunis, GCMG, and d. at Kasr as-Sa'ada, La Marsa, 30^th December 1942, bur. Sidi Belhassen Mausoleum, Jellaz), a Circassian. He d.s.p. at the Palace of Bardo, 29^th October 1882 (bur. Turbat al-Bey, the Madina, Tunis).

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