TUNISIA

The Husainid Dynasty

GENEALOGY

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1882 - 1902 H.H. 'Abu'l Hasan 'Ali III Pasha, Bey and Possessor of the Kingdom of Tunis. b. 14^th August 1817, fourth 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, 23^rd August 1863. Succeeded on the death of his elder brother, 29^th October 1882. Installed at the Baît al-Bellar, in the Palace of Bardo, 2^nd November 1882. Signed the Convention of La Marsa on 8^th June 1883, which confirmed the French Protectorate over his realm. Lieut-Gen. 23/8/1863, prom. Field Marshal 28/10/1882. 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 (1874), Nishan ad-Dam, and GC of the Nishan al-Iftikhar when a young prince, GC of the Orders of the Legion of Honour in brilliants* (1.11.1882), and the Nishan al-Anuar, Officer of the Orders of the Academic Palms, and Agricultural Merit of France, GC of the Order of Leopold of Belgium (mil), etc. m. several wives, including (first) Lalla Saliha [Saluha]. m. (second) Lalla Qamar Beya (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, widow of his brother and predecessor, Field Marshal H.H. Sidi Muhammad as-Sadiq Pasha, Bey and Possessor of the Kingdom of Tunis, GCB. m. (third) Lalla Zanukha [Zeneïkha], probably a former Circassian slave girl. He d. at his palace at La Marsa, 11^th June 1902 (bur. Turbat al-Bey, the Madina, Tunis), having had issue, five sons and six daughters:

1) Prince (Sidi) Mustafa [Moustapha] Bey, Bey al-Taula. b. at La Marsa, 3^rd April 1844, educ. privately. Rcvd: the Nishan ad-Dam, and GC of the Nishan al-Iftikhar. m. (first) Lalla Aziza, daughter of Major-General Sidi 'Allalah al-Qayiji [Allala Gaïgy]. m. (second) Lalla Kabira, a daughter or granddaughter of Si Muhammad ar-Rauf bin Rashid al-Shakir. He d.v.p. at Manouba, 31^st August 1895, having had issue, five sons and three daughters:
- a) Prince (Sidi) Muhammad [Hamouda] Bey. b. 10^th November 1866. He d. 188x.
- b) Prince (Sidi) Muhammad ar-Rashid [Rachid] Bey. b. at the Dar al-Taj Palace, La Marsa, 1^st October 1879, educ. privately. Rcvd: the Nishan ad-Dam, and GC of the Nishan al-Iftikhar. m. at Bardo, March 1898, Princess (Lalla) Janaina, second daughter of his uncle, Lieutenant-General H.H. Prince Ismail Bey, Bey al-Mahalla, by his first wife. He d. 3^rd November 1928, having had issue, one son and four daughters:
  - i) Prince (Sidi) Mustafa [Mustapha] Bey. b. 29^th March 1903 (29^th Zulhija 1320 AH), educ. privately. Rcvd: the Nishan ad-Dam and GC of the Nishan al-Iftikhar, etc. m. Lalla Zainab, daughter of Si Muhammad Sharif, by his wife, Princess Ruqiya, eldest daughter of Lieutenant-General H.H. Prince Ismail Bey, Bey al-Mahalla. He d. 7^th July 1951, having had issue, two sons:
    - (1) Prince (Sidi) Muhammad Bey. b. 2^nd November 1936. m. Princess (Lalla) Sabiha (b. 7^th September 1938), elder daughter of Prince Mustafa Bey, by his wife, Lalla Jamila, younger daughter of Si Rashid Haidar - see above.
    - (2) Prince (Sidi) Muhammad al-Tahir [Tahar] Bey. b. 30^th March 1944.
  - i) Princess (Lalla) Beya. b. 1902. m. Si Iskandar Haidar [Skander Haydar], eldest son of Si Rashid Haidar, by his wife, Princess Zubaida, second daughter of H.H. Muhammad al-Hadi Pasha, Possessor of the Kingdom of Tunis. She had issue, one son and three daughters.
  - ii) Princess (Lalla) Fatima. b. 1905. m. Si Aziz Gara. She had issue, three sons and one daughter. Copyright©Christopher Buyers
  - iii) Princess (Lalla) Farida. b. 1906. m. Prince (Sidi) Muhammad al-Hadi [el Hadi] Bey (b. at La Marsa, 22^nd July 1909), eldest son of Lieutenant-General H.H. Prince Muhammad as-Sadiq Bey, Bey al-Mahalla - see below.
  - iv) Princess (Lalla) Nafisa. b. 1911. m. Si 'Ali Sharif [Chérif]. She had issue, two sons and one daughter.
- c) Prince (Sidi) Muhammad Said Bey. b. 29^th August 1880. He d.v.p. 1884.
- d) Lieutenant-General H.H. Prince (Sidi) 'Izz ud-din [Ezzedine] Bey. b. 6^th April 1882, educ. privately. Invested as Heir Apparent with the title of Bey al-Mahalla and the style of His Highness, 2^nd July 1943. Lieut-Gen. Beylical Army 2/7/1943. Rcvd: the Nishan al-Ahad al-Aman al-Murassa (2.7.1943), Nishan ad-Dam, and GC of the Nishan al-Iftikhar, GO of the Order of the Legion of Honour of France (2.7.1943). m. at La Marsa, 1909, Princess (Lalla) Hanifa (b. 16^th November 1890; d. 12^th January 1983?), third daughter H.H. Ahmad II Pasha, Bey and Possessor of the Kingdom of Tunis. He d. at St-Augustine Hospital, Tunis, from wounds received from an assassin's bullet, 1^st July 1953 (bur. Turbat al-Bey, the Madina, Tunis), having had issue, four sons and one daughter:
  - i) H.R.H. Prince (Sidi) Sulaiman [Slimane] Bey. b. at La Marsa, 15^th December 1909 (s/o Princess Hanifa). 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, 29^th April 1989? Rcvd: the Nishan ad-Dam and GC of the Nishan al-Iftikhar, etc. m. (first) Lalla Dalila (d. 28^th October 2001), daughter of Lieutenant-General H.E. (Sahib al-Ma'ali) Sidi Salim al-Jaziri, sometime Dir. of Protocol, by his second wife, Lalla Fafani. m. (second) Princess (Lalla) Taj al-Mulk [Moulka], daughter of Lieutenant-General H.H. Prince Muhammad as-Sadiq Bey, Bey al-Mahalla. m. (third) Lalla Jeanne Louise Dorothee (d. before 1996), née Schmalt, an Alsacian widow of a French army officer. He d. at Chartres, France, 26^th August 1992 (bur. Sidi 'Abdu'l Aziz Cemetery, La Marsa), having had issue, two sons and two daughters by his first wife, and one daughter by his third:
    - (1) Prince (Sidi) Muhammad Nasir ud-din [Naceur Eddine] Bey. b. 20^th January 1932 (s/o Lalla Dalila). m. Lalla Ain al-Hayat [Hayat] (b. 27^th August 1939), daughter of Mu'hsin Salim [Mohsen Slim], by his wife, Lalla Razia [Radhia], daughter of Sidi Hamida Bayram, sometime Shaikh al-Islam. He has issue, one son and two daughters: Copyright©Christopher Buyers
      - (a) Prince (Sidi) Mu'hsin [Mohsen] Bey. b. 28^th June 1964. m. Lalla Habiba, née Louzir. He has issue, one son and one daughter:
        
        (i) Prince (Sidi) Sulaiman [Slimane] Bey. b. 23^rd December 1996.
        
        (i) Princess (Lalla) Farial [Ferial]. b. 15^th August 1989.
      - (a) Princess (Lalla) Nabila. b. 10^th January 1959. m. Si Riza [Ridha] Boujemâa (d. at Paris, France, 2000). She had issue, two sons and one daughter.
      - (b) Princess (Lalla) Insaf. b. 1^st July 1970. m. Si Rafat Shannufi [Rafet Chennoufi].
    - (2) Prince (Sidi) Muhammad Jalal ud-din [Djellaleddine alias Hamadi] Bey. b. 5^th September 1935 (s/o Lalla Dalila). m. a lady from the Ben Abdallah family.
    - (1) Princess (Lalla) Farida. b. 12^th April 1934 (d/o Lalla Dalila). m. (first) (div.) Prince (Sidi) Muhammad al-Muntassir [El Montaceur] Bey (b. 30^th September 1931), son of H.R.H. Prince 'Allalah Bey, sometime Head of the Royal House of Tunisia, by his first wife, Lalla Fatima, daughter of Radhouane. m. (second) Prince (Sidi) Muhammad al-Afif [al-Hafif] Bey (b. at Sidi-Bou-Saïd, 21^st August 1926; d. at Sidi-Bou-Saïd, 2^nd May 1985), third son of Lieutenant-General H.R.H. Crown Prince Husain Bey, by his wife, Lalla Aisha, daughter of Si Ahmad bin 'Abdu'llah Maria - see below.
    - (2) Princess (Lalla) Janaina [Djeneïna]. b. 6^th December 1936 (d/o Lalla Dalila). m. (first) (div.) Bashir Ben Mrad. m. (second) Dr. Bashir Daud [Béchir Daoud] (d. 198x). She had issue, by her first husband.
    - (3) Princess (Lalla) Dora-Patricia. b. 1952 (d/o Lalla Jeanne). Fashion designer with Cerrutti, Paris. Copyright©Christopher Buyers
  - ii) H.R.H. Prince (Sidi) 'Allalah Bey. b. 7^th November 1910, educ. privately. Succeeded on the death of his elder brother as Head of the Royal House of Tunisia, and of the Nishan ad-Dam, Nishan al-Ahad al-Aman, and the Nishan al-Iftikhar, 26^th August 1992. Rcvd: the Nishan ad-Dam, and GC of the Nishan al-Iftikhar. m. (first) Lalla Fatima, daughter of Radhouane, by his wife, Princess Sharifa, eldest daughter of H.H. Ahmad II Pasha, Bey and Possessor of the Kingdom of Tunis. m. (second) ca. 1939, Princess (Lalla) Sassia (b. at Dermech, near Carthage, 1904; d. ca. 1991), widow of Prince 'Umar Bey, and only daughter of Lieutenant-General H.H. Prince Muhammad al-Bashir Bey, Bey al-Mahalla, by his wife, Princess Taj ul-Bakht, daughter of his cousin H.H. Muhammad al-Nasir Pasha, Bey and Possessor of the Kingdom of Tunis, GCMG. m. (third) Lalla Latifa bint 'Umar [Amor]. He d. at La Marsa, 2001, having had issue, eight sons and three daughters:
    - (1) Prince (Sidi) Muhammad al-Muntassir [El Montaceur] Bey. b. 30^th September 1931. m. (div.) Princess (Lalla) Farida [Frida] (b. 12^th April 1934; m. second, Prince Muhammad al-Afifi Bey), eldest daughter of H.R.H. Prince Sulaiman Bey, sometime Head of the Royal House of Tunisia, by his first wife, Lalla Dalila, daughter of Lieutenant-General H.E. (Sahib al-Ma'ali) Sidi Salim al-Jaziri, sometime Dir. of Protocol.
    - (2) Prince (Sidi) Muhammad Jamal ud-din [Djemal-Eddine] Bey. b. 3^rd August 1933.
    - (3) Prince (Sidi) Muhammad as-Said [Essaïd] Bey. b. 20^th June 1936. He d.v.p. 1942. Copyright©Christopher Buyers
    - (4) Prince (Sidi) 'Abdu'l Majid [Abdulmagid] Bey. b. 18^th October 1940.
    - (5) Prince (Sidi) Mahmud Bey. b. 31^st January 1942.
    - (1) Princess (Lalla) Najette. b. 15^th February 1945 (d/o Princess Sassia). m. …Chettali.
    - (2) Princess (Lalla) Badia [Badiâa]. b. 30^th April 1946 (d/o Princess Sassia).
    - Prince 'Allalah Bey, left three further sons and a daughter (or grandsons and a granddaughter):
      - (a) Prince (Sidi) Fawzi [Faouzi] Bey. b. 6^th April 1957.
      - (b) Prince (Sidi) Munzir [Mondher] Bey. b. 21^st February 1958.
      - (c) Prince (Sidi) Shafiq [Chafik] Bey. b. 21^st July 1961 (twin with his sister Amèle).
      - (a) Princess (Lalla) Amèle. b. 21^st July 1961 (twin with her brother Shafiq).
  - iii) H.R.H. Prince (Sidi) Muhi ud-din [Mohyedine] Bey. b. 22^nd October 1911. Succeeded as Head of the Royal House of Tunisia, and Sovereign of the Nishan ad-Dam, Nishan al-Ahad al-Aman and the Nishan al-Iftikhar, on the death of his cousin, Prince Shazli [Chédly] Bey, 2^nd July 2004. Rcvd: the Nishan ad-Dam and GC of the Nishan al-Iftikhar, etc. m. Princess (Lalla) Wassila (b. 7^th June 1911; d. January 1993), daughter of Lieutenant-General H.H. Prince Ismail Bey, Bey al-Mahalla. He d. at Marseilles, France, October 2006, bur. Sidi Abdelaziz Cemetary, La Marsa, Tunisia), having had issue, two sons and four daughters:
    - (1) Major-General Prince (Sidi) Ismail Bey. b. 5^th September 1934, educ. l'École Speciale Militaire de St Cyr. m. Princess (Lalla) Rafi'a (b. 6^th June 1936), daughter of his uncle, Prince Saifu'llah Bey, by his wife, Princess Zanukha, daughter of Lieutenant-General H.H. Prince 'Izz ud-din Bey, Bey al-Mahalla. He had issue, three sons:
      - (a) Prince (Sidi) 'Izz ud-din [Ezzedine] Bey. b. 5^th January 1956.
      - (b) Prince (Sidi) Hisham [Hichem] Bey. b. 5^th March 1957.
      - (c) Prince (Sidi) Muhammad 'Ali Bey.
    - (2) Prince (Sidi) Sa'ad ud-din [Saad-Eddine] Bey. b. 30^th October 1935. He d. ca. 1955. Copyright©Christopher Buyers
    - (1) Princess (Lalla) Hassaina. b. 22^nd February 1932. m. Si Riza Ben Ghashim [Ridha Ben Ghachem]. She has issue, three sons and one daughter.
    - (2) Princess (Lalla) Lillia. b. 1933. m. Si Munji Shabil [Mongi Chebil]. She has issue, two sons and one daughter.
    - (3) Princess (Lalla) Nur al-Hayat [Hayet]. b. 15^th May 1937. m. 'Abdu'l Rahman [Abdelrahmane] Manai, possibly an Algerian national. She has issue, three sons.
    - (4) Princess (Lalla) Nur al-Huda [Houda]. b. 24^th June 1938. m. Si Muhammad al-Jaziri [Hamadi Dziri], son of Si Muhammad al-Hadi al-Jaziri, by his wife, Princess Kalsum, daughter of H.H. Ahmad II Pasha, Bey and Possessor of the Kingdom of Tunis. She had issue, one son and two daughters.
  - iv) Prince (Sidi) 'Abdu'l-Hamid [Abdelhamid] Bey. b. 9^th October 1912. Rcvd: the Nishan ad-Dam and GC of the Nishan al-Iftikhar, etc.m. Princess (Lalla) Husn al-Aujud [Jouda] (b. 1918), only daughter 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. He had issue, one son and three daughters:
    - (1) Prince (Sidi) Bashir [Béchir] Bey. b. 26^th June 1948. m. Lalla Monia, née Bostanji. He has issue, five daughters:
      - (a) Princess (Lalla) Miriam [Meriem].
      - (b) Princess (Lalla) Salma [Selma].
      - (c) Princess (Lalla) Zoha [Dhoha].
      - (d) Princess (Lalla) Khadija [Khédija].
      - (e) Princess (Lalla) Amina [Emna].
    - (1) Princess (Lalla) Razia [Radhia]. b. 24^th April 1938. m. Si Munji al-Dragut [Mongi Darghouth]. She had issue, one son and one daughter.
    - (2) Princess (Lalla) Nabiha. b. 18^th May 1939. m. Si Munsif Bahari [Moncef Bahri]. She had issue, one son and one daughter.
    - (3) Princess (Lalla) Aliya. b. 20^th October 1944. m. Si 'Abdu'l Kabir al-Dragut [Kbaïar Darghouth]. Copyright©Christopher Buyers
  - i) Princess (Lalla) Zanukha [Zeneïkha]. b. 1916. m. (first) Prince (Sidi) Saifu'llah [Saïf Allah] Bey (b. at La Marsa, 9^th April 1913), son of Lieutenant-General H.H. Prince Ismail Bey, Bey al-Mahalla. m. (second) as his second wife, Si Muhammad al-Afif Kahiya, widower of Princess Farida bint Muhammad al-Munsif, and son of Si Muhammad bin Mukhtar Kahiya. She had issue, one daughter by her first husband - see below.
- e) Lieutenant-General H.H. Prince (Sidi) Muhammad as-Sadiq [Essadok] Bey. b. at La Marsa, 17^th May 1883, educ. privately. Invested as Heir Apparent with the title of Bey al-Mahalla and the style of His Highness, 5^th July 1953. Islamic scholar and bibliophile. Lieut-Gen. Beylical Army 5/7/1953. Rcvd: the Nishan al-Ahad al-Aman al-Murassa (5.7.1953), Nishan ad-Dam, and GC of the Nishan al-Iftikhar, GO of the Order of the Legion of Honour of France (1953), etc. m. at La Marsa, 15^th September 1908, Princess (Lalla) Aisha [Aïcha] (d. 19^th January 1952?), youngest daughter of H.H. Muhammad al-Hadi Pasha, Possessor of the Kingdom of Tunis, by his wife, Lalla Khadija Beya, daughter of Si Muhammad ar-Rauf bin Rashid al-Shakir. He d. at La Marsa, 1^st October 1955, having had issue, two sons and seven daughters:
  - i) Prince (Sidi) Muhammad al-Hadi [el Hadi] Bey. b. at La Marsa, 22^nd July 1909, educ. privately. Rcvd: the Nishan ad-Dam, and GC of the Nishan al-Iftikhar, etc. m. Princess (Lalla) Farida (b. 1906), third daughter of his uncle, Prince Muhammad ar-Rashid Bey, by his wife, Lalla Janaina, daughter of his uncle, Lieutenant-General H.H. Prince Ismail Bey, Bey al-Mahalla.
  - ii) Prince (Sidi) Muhammad Rashid [Rechid] Bey. b. 13^th July 1931. Rcvd: the Nishan ad-Dam, and GC of the Nishan al-Iftikhar, etc. m. Lalla Lillia, née Hachaichi. He has issue, one son and one daughter:
    - (1) Prince (Sidi) Sadiq [Sadok] Bey.
    - (1) Princess (Lalla) Aisha. Copyright©Christopher Buyers
  - i) Princess Mahbuba [Mahbouba]. m. Si Muhammad Salah al-Habib (b. 1904), younger son of Si Hamida al-Habib. She had issue, three sons and two daughters, including:
    - (1) Si Mustafa al-Habib. b. 18^th May 1933. m. Princess (Lalla) Sa'adia [Souad] (b. December 1936; d. July 1961), fourth daughter of Prince Muhammad ar-Rauf Bey. He d. 13^th November 1978, having had issue, one son and one daughter.
    - (2) Si Muhammad 'Ali Habib [Mohamed-Ali]. b. 20^th September 1940. m. Princess (Lalla) Azza (b. 9^th October 1951; d. 16^th October 1992), eldest daughter Prince Muhammad Said Bey, by his wife, Princess Khadija, youngest daughter of Lieutenant-General H.H. Prince Muhammad as-Sadiq Bey, Bey al-Mahalla. He had issue, three sons.
  - ii) Princess (Lalla) Husn ul-Ujud [Jouda]. m. Sharif Mamluk [Chérif Mamelouk]. She had issue, two daughters.
  - iii) Princess (Lalla) Taj al-Mulk [Moulka]. m. as his second wife, H.R.H. Prince (Sidi) Sulaiman [Slimane] Bey (b. at La Marsa, 15^th December 1909; d. at Chartres, France, 26^th August 1992, bur. Sidi 'Abdu'l Aziz Cemetery, La Marsa), sometime Head of the Royal House of Tunisia, son of her uncle, 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.
  - iv) Princess (Lalla) Fatima. m. Si Nur ud-din Haidar [Noureddine Haydar], youngest son of Si Rashid Haidar, by his wife, Princess Zubaida, second daughter of H.H. Muhammad al-Hadi Pasha, Possessor of the Kingdom of Tunis. She had issue, one daughter.
  - v) Princess (Lalla) Traki [Traqui]. m. Si Salah ud-din Jama'a [Slaheddine Jemâa]. She had issue, two daughters.
  - vi) Princess (Lalla) Aziza. m. Si Rashid Kasim [Rached Kacim]. She had issue, four sons and two daughters. Copyright©Christopher Buyers
  - vii) Princess Khadija [Khédija]. b. 1935. m. Prince (Sidi) Muhammad Said Bey (b. 27^th September 1926; d. at Le Kram, 31^st August 1992), only son of Prince Nur ud-din Bey, by his wife, Lalla Amina, daughter of Si Manubi Farhat. She had issue, one son and four daughters - see above.
- a) H.H. Princess (Lalla) Saliha [Saluha]. b. before 1866. m. as his second wife, 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; d. at Tunis, 11^th February 1929 (bur. there at Turbat al-Bey, the Madina, Tunis), only son of Sidi Ma'mun Bey - see below.
- b) Princess (Lalla) Kabira [Kébira]. b. before 1866. m. Si 'Ali ar-Rauf [Ali Erraouf], only son of Si Muhammad ar-Rauf bin Rashid al-Shakir, by his wife, Lalla Fatima, née Gaïgi.
- c) Princess (Lalla) Khadija [Khadouja]. b. 1873. m. (first) 1898, as his second wife, Si Muhammad al-Munji [El-Mongi] Khaznadar (b. 1850; d. 1922), second son of Lieutenant-General H.E. (Sahib ud-Daula) Sidi Mustafa Khaznadar, sometime Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs, by his wife, Lalla Kulsum, daughter of Lieutenant-General H.H. Mustafa Pasha, Bey of Tunis. She had issue - see above. m. (second) after 1922, Si Ahmad Gara. She had issue, one daughter by her first husband.

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