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The Islamic state in Ifriqiya paralleled in many respects the government structure formed in Abbasid Baghdad, [197] There was the vizier [prime minister], the hajib [chamberlain], the sahib al-barid [master of posts and intelligence], and numerous kuttab [secretaries] (e.g., of taxation, of the mint, of the army, of correspondence).
The city of Carthage was founded in the 9th century BC by Phoenicians. Legend says that Dido from Tyre, ... Tunisia remained part of the Almohad state, until 1230 ...
An independence movement lasting many decades eventually prevailed, leading to the end of the French protectorate (commenced in 1881). In 1954 the Tunisian struggle and consequent civil disturbances resulted in the start of negotiations for autonomy between France and the Neo Destour political party (essentially under Habib Bourguiba) supported by the Tunisian labor unions and by the Arab League.
Tunisia: 25 July 2022: ... The historiography of some nations, such as the Bulgarians, even separates the different states founded by these nations ...
Later, Berber beliefs would influence the Punic religion from Carthage, the city-state founded by Phoenicians. [140] George Aaron Barton suggested that the prominent goddess of Carthage Tanit originally was a Berbero-Libyan deity whom the newly arriving Phoenicians sought to propitiate by their worship.
Tunisia was the first state in the Arab world influenced by modern nationalism: [10] the movement against the French occupation started from the beginning of the 20th century. In 1907 the Young Tunisians party was formed by Béchir Sfar , Abdeljelil Zaouche and the lawyer Ali Bach Hamba .
The Beylik of Tunis (Arabic: بايلك تونس) was a de facto independent state located in present-day Tunisia, formally part of the Ottoman Empire. [1] It was ruled by the Husainid dynasty from 1705 until the establishment of the French protectorate of Tunisia in 1881. The term beylik refers to the monarch, who was called the Bey 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 ] Muradid dynasty (1613–1702)