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Tunisia: Rulers: 1705-1957

Ruling House: Banū al-Ḥusayn
The beginning of reign of a bey is deemed to have commenced on the day of enthronement.
Bāy, Ṣāḥib al-Mamlaka al-Tūnisiyya (باي صاحب المملكة التونسية) ‎ | Bey, Possessor of the Tunisian Kingdom [1][2]
15 Jul 1705 - 7 Sep 1735 Abū al-Āzād Ḥusayn bin ʿAlī Turkī (أبو الآزاد حسين بن علي تركي)
7 Sep 1735 - 2 Sep 1756 Abū al-Ḥasan ʿAlī Bāshā bin Muḥammad Bāshā (أبو الحسن علي باشا بن محمد باشا)
2 Sep 1756 - 11 (or 12) Feb 1759 Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad al-Rashīd Bāshā bin Ḥusayn Bāshā (أبو عبد الله محمد الرشيد باشا بن حسين باشا)
12 Feb 1759 - 26 May 1782 Abū al-Ḥasan ʿAlī Bāshā bin Ḥusayn Bāshā (أبو الحسن علي باشا بن حسين باشا) ‎
9 Feb 1777 - 15 Sep 1814 Abū Muḥammad Ḥammūda Bāshā bin ʿAlī Bāshā (أبو محمد حمودة باشا بن علي باشا) ‎[3]
17 Sep 1814 - 20 (or 21) Dec 1814 Abū al-Nūr ʿUthmān Bāy bin ʿAlī Bāshā (أبو النور عثمان باي بن علي باشا)
21 Dec 1814 - 28 Mar 1824 Abū al-Ṯināʾ Maḥmūd Bāshā bin Muḥammad al-Rašīd Bāshā (أبو الثناء محمود باشا بن محمد الرشيد باشا)
28 Mar 1824 - 20 May 1835 Abū ʿAbd Allāh Ḥusayn Bāshā bin Maḥmūd Bāshā (أبو عبد الله حسين باشا بن محمود باشا)
20 May 1835 - 10 Oct 1837 Abū al-Nukhba Muṣṭafā Bāshā bin Maḥmūd Bāshā (أبو النخبة مصطفى باشا بن محمود باشا)
10 Oct 1837 - 30 May 1855 Abū al-ʿAbbās Aḥmad Bāshā bin Muṣṭafā Bāshā (أبو العباس أحمد باشا بن مصطفى باشا)
31 May 1855 - 22 Sep 1859 Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad Bāshā bin Ḥusayn Bāshā (أبو عبد الله محمد باشا بن حسين باشا)
24 Sep 1859 - 28 Oct 1882 Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad al-Ṣādiq Bāshā bin Ḥusayn Bāshā (أبو عبد الله محمد الصادق باشا بن حسين باشا)
28 Oct 1882 - 11 Jun 1902 Abū al-Ḥasan ʿAlī Bāshā bin Ḥusayn Bāshā (أبو الحسن علي باشا بن حسين باشا)
  name in official use (French): Ali Pacha
11 Jun 1902 - 11 May 1906 Muḥammad al-Hādī Bāshā bin ʿAlī Bāshā (محمد الهادي باشا بن علي باشا)
  name in official use (French): Mohamed el Hadi Pacha
12 May 1906 - 10 Jul 1922 Muḥammad al-Nāṣir Bāshā bin Muḥammad Bāshā (محمد الناصر باشا بن محمد باشا)
  name in official use (French): Mohamed en Naceur Pacha
10 Jul 1922 - 11 Feb 1929 Muḥammad al-Ḥabīb Bāshā bin al-Maʾmūn Bāy (محمد الحبيب باشا بن المأمون باي)
  name in official use (French): Mohamed el Habib Pacha
11 Feb 1929 - 19 Jun 1942 Aḥmad Bāshā bin ʿAlī Bāshā (أحمد باشا بن علي باشا)
  name in official use (French): Ahmed Pacha
19 Jun 1942 - 14 May 1943 Muḥammad al-Munṣif Bāshā bin Muḥammad al-Nāṣir Bāshā (محمد المنصف باشا بن محمد الناصر باشا) ‎[4]
  name in official use (French): Mohamed el Moncef Pacha
15 May 1943 - 25 Jul 1957 Muḥammad al-Amīn Bāshā bin Muḥammad al-Ḥabīb Bāshā (محمد الأمين باشا بن محمد الحبيب باشا)
  name in official use (French): Mohamed Lamine Pacha

[1] Among other titles; see Moalla (2004); in official Ottoman use: Tunus Beğlerbeğisi.
[2] Also in official use (French, 1883-1956): Bey, Possesseur du Royaume de Tunis.
[3] Ḥammūda Bāshā was installed as bey (9 Feb 1777) during the reign of his father, ʿAlī Bāshā.
[4] Deposition of Muḥammad al-Munṣif Bāshā was proclaimed by an ordinance of the Civil and Military Commander-in-Chief in the French Africa (Commandant en Chef français Civil et Militaire en Afrique française) on 14 May 1943. Muḥammad al-Munṣif Bāshā signed a letter of abdication on 6 Aug 1943 in Laghouat, Algeria.