List of beys of Tunis

This is a list of the beys of Tunis who ruled Tunisia from 1613, when the Corsican-origin Muradid dynasty came to power,^[1] until 1957, when the Cretan-origin Husainid monarchy was abolished.^[2]

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Muradid dynasty (1613–1702)

Name	Lifespan	Reign start	Reign end	Notes	Family
Murad I Bey مراد الأول	? – 1631	1613	1631		Muradid
Hammuda Pasha Bey حمودة باشا باي	? – (1666-04-13)13 April 1666	1631	1666	Son of Murad I Bey	Muradid
Murad II Bey مراد باي الثاني	? – 1675	1666	1675 (murdered)	Son of Hammuda Pasha Bey	Muradid
Mohamed Bey El Mouradi^[3] محمد باي المرادي	? – (1698-10-14)14 October 1698	1675	14 October 1696	Son of Murad II Bey	Muradid
Ramadan Bey^[4] رمضان باي المرادي	? – 16 March 1699	14 October 1696	16 March 1699	Son of Murad II Bey	Muradid
Murad III Bey^[4] مراد باي الثالث	1680 – 9 June 1702	16 March 1699	9 June 1702	Grandson of Murad II Bey	Muradid

Revolutions of Tunis (1702–1705)

Name	Lifespan	Reign start	Reign end	Notes	Family	Image
Ibrahim Sharif of Tunis^[5] إبراهيم الشريف	? – 1705	July 1702	July 1705

Husainid dynasty (1705–1956)

Beys of Tunis (1705–1956)

Name	Lifespan	Reign start	Reign end	Notes	Family
Al-Husayn I ibn Ali الحسين الأول بن علي التركي	1669 – 13 March 1740 (aged 71)	15 July 1705	7 September 1735 (deposed)		Husainid
Abu l-Hasan Ali I أبو الحسن علي الأول	(1688-06-30)30 June 1688 – 22 September 1756(1756-09-22) (aged 68)	7 September 1735	22 September 1756	Nephew of Al-Husayn I ibn Ali at-Turki	Husainid
Muhammad I ar-Rashid محمد الأول الرشيد	1710 – 12 February 1759 (aged 49)	22 September 1756	12 February 1759	Son of Al-Husayn I ibn Ali at-Turki	Husainid
Ali II ibn Hussein علي الثاني بن حسين	(1712-11-24)24 November 1712 – 26 May 1782(1782-05-26) (aged 69)	12 February 1759	26 May 1782	Son of Al-Husayn I ibn Ali at-Turki	Husainid
Hammuda ibn Ali حمودة بن علي	(1759-12-09)9 December 1759 – 15 September 1814(1814-09-15) (aged 54)	26 May 1782	15 September 1814	Son of Ali II ibn Hussein	Husainid
Uthman ibn Ali عثمان بن علي	(1763-05-27)27 May 1763 – 20 December 1814(1814-12-20) (aged 51)	15 September 1814	20 December 1814 (murdered)	Son of Ali II ibn Hussein	Husainid
Mahmud ibn Muhammad محمود بن محمد	(1757-07-10)10 July 1757 – 28 March 1824(1824-03-28) (aged 66)	20 December 1814	28 March 1824	Son of Muhammad I ar-Rashid	Husainid
Al-Husayn II ibn Mahmud الحسين الثاني بن محمود	(1784-03-05)5 March 1784 – 20 May 1835(1835-05-20) (aged 51)	28 March 1824	20 May 1835	Son of Mahmud ibn Muhammad	Husainid
Mustafa ibn Mahmud مصطفى بن محمود	1786 – 10 October 1837 (aged 51)	20 May 1835	10 October 1837	Son of Mahmud ibn Muhammad	Husainid
Ahmad I ibn Mustafa Ahmad Bey أحمد الأول بن مصطفى	(1806-12-02)2 December 1806 – 30 May 1855(1855-05-30) (aged 48)	10 October 1837	30 May 1855	Son of Mustafa ibn Mahmud	Husainid
Muhammad II ibn al-Husayn M'hamed Bey محمد الثاني بن الحسين	(1811-09-18)18 September 1811 – 22 September 1859(1859-09-22) (aged 48)	30 May 1855	22 September 1859	Son of Al-Husayn II ibn Mahmud	Husainid
Muhammad III as-Sadiq Sadok Bey محمد الثالث الصادق	(1813-02-07)7 February 1813 – 27 October 1882(1882-10-27) (aged 69)	22 September 1859	27 October 1882	Son of Al-Husayn II ibn Mahmud	Husainid
Ali III ibn al-Husayn Ali Bey علي الثالث بن الحسين	(1817-08-14)14 August 1817 – 11 June 1902(1902-06-11) (aged 84)	28 October 1882	11 June 1902	Son of Al-Husayn II ibn Mahmud	Husainid
Muhammad IV al-Hadi Hédi Bey محمد الرابع الهادي	(1855-06-24)24 June 1855 – 11 May 1906(1906-05-11) (aged 50)	11 June 1902	11 May 1906	Son of Ali III ibn al-Husayn	Husainid
Muhammad V an-Nasir Naceur Bey محمد الخامس الناصر	(1855-07-14)14 July 1855 – 10 July 1922(1922-07-10) (aged 66)	11 May 1906	10 July 1922	Son of Muhammad II ibn al-Husayn	Husainid
Muhammad VI al-Habib Habib Bey محمد السادس الحبيب	(1858-08-13)13 August 1858 – 11 February 1929(1929-02-11) (aged 70)	10 July 1922	11 February 1929	Cousin of Muhammad V an-Nasir	Husainid
Ahmad II ibn Ali Ahmed Bey أحمد الثاني بن علي	(1862-04-13)13 April 1862 – 19 June 1942(1942-06-19) (aged 80)	11 February 1929	19 June 1942	Son of Ali III ibn al-Husayn	Husainid
Muhammad VII al-Munsif Moncef Bey محمد السابع المنصف	(1881-03-04)4 March 1881 – 1 September 1948(1948-09-01) (aged 67)	19 June 1942	15 May 1943 (deposed)	Son of Muhammad V an-Nasir	Husainid
Muhammad VIII al-Amin Lamine Bey محمد الثامن الأمين	(1881-09-04)4 September 1881 – 30 September 1962(1962-09-30) (aged 81)	15 May 1943	20 March 1956 (proclaimed King of Tunisia)	Son of Muhammad VI al-Habib	Husainid

King of Tunisia (1956–1957)

Name	Lifespan	Reign start	Reign end	Notes	Family	Image
Muhammad VIII al-Amin Lamine Bey محمد الثامن الأمين	(1881-09-04)4 September 1881 – 30 September 1962(1962-09-30) (aged 81)	20 March 1956	25 July 1957 (deposed)	Son of Muhammad VI al-Habib	Husainid

Genealogical tree

Simplified genealogical tree of the Beys of Tunis. Only the Beys and their direct ancestors are shown.

Ali at-Turki

Muhammad

Husayn I
r. 1705–1735

Ali I
r. 1735–1756

Muhammad I
ar-Rashid
r. 1756–1759

Ali II
r. 1759–1782

Hammuda
r. 1782–1814

Uthman
r. 1814

Mahmud
r. 1814–1824

Husayn II
r. 1824–1835

Mustafa
r. 1835–1837

Ahmad I
r. 1837–1855

Muhammad II
r. 1855–1859

Muhammad III
as-Sadiq
r. 1859–1882

Ali III
r. 1882–1902

Muhammad
al-Ma'mun

Muhammad IV
al-Hadi
r. 1902–1906

Muhammad V
an-Nasir
r. 1906–1922

Muhammad VI
al-Habib
r. 1922–1929

Ahmad II
r. 1929–1942

Muhammad VII
al-Munsif
r. 1942–1943

Muhammad VIII
al-Amin
r. 1943–1957

Notes

^ Abun-Nasr, Jamil (1987). A history of the Maghrib in the Islamic period. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 168–179. ISBN 0521337674.
^ Choueiri, Youssef (8 October 2013). Modern Arab Historiography: Historical Discourse and the Nation-State. Routledge. p. 74. ISBN 978-1-136-86869-6. The dynasty of the Husaynids, founded by Husayn Ibn 'All, an Ottoman agha of Greek origin, ruled Tunisia until 1957 when, after independence, it was abolished and a republic was announced.
^ Abadi 2022, pp. 333–337.
^ ^a ^b Abadi 2022, p. 339.
^ Abadi 2022, pp. 339–340.