French protectorate of Tunisia
The French protectorate of Tunisia (French: [Protectorat français de Tunisie] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help); Arabic: الحماية الفرنسية في تونس al-Ḥimāya al-Fransīya fī Tūnis), commonly known as French Tunisia, was created in 1881, during the French colonial Empire era, and lasted until Tunisian independence in 1956.[1][2]
French protectorate of Tunisia Protectorat français de Tunisie الحماية الفرنسية في تونس | |||||||||
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| 1881–1956 | |||||||||
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| Tunisia (dark blue) French possessions in Africa (light blue) 1913 Tunisia (dark blue) French possessions in Africa (light blue) 1913 | |||||||||
| Status | Protectorate | ||||||||
| Capital | Tunis | ||||||||
| Common languages | French Italian Berber languages Standard Arabic Tunisian Arabic Judeo-Tunisian Arabic | ||||||||
| Religion | Islam | ||||||||
| Demonym(s) | Tunisian | ||||||||
| Government | Constitutional monarchy under French protectorate | ||||||||
| Bey | |||||||||
• 1859–1882 (first) | Muhammad III as-Sadiq | ||||||||
• 1943–1956 (last) | Muhammad VIII al-Amin | ||||||||
| Resident-General | |||||||||
• 1885–1886 (first) | Paul Cambon | ||||||||
• 1955–1956 (last) | Roger Seydoux[a] | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• | 12 May 1881 | ||||||||
• | 20 March 1956 | ||||||||
| Currency | Tunisian rial (until 1891) Tunisian franc (1891–1958) | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Tunisia | ||||||||
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French Protectorate Of Tunisia Media
- La Marseillaise.ogg
National anthem of France, La Marseillaise
- Sadok Bey.jpg
Portrait of the Bey Muhammad III Sadiq
- Carte Tunisie 1843.jpg
Map of Tunisia (wp-EN) with french names made by Alexandre Vuillemin in 1843 extracted from his “Atlas universel de géographie ancienne et moderne à l'usage des pensionnats”.*Extract from a complete map of Northern Africa.
- Berliner kongress.jpg
The Congress of Berlin by Anton von Werner
- Benedetto Cairoli iii.jpg
Benedetto Cairoli, the Italian Prime Minister who suffered the slap of Tunis and had to resign from his office
- Portrait du général Jules Aimé Bréart.jpg
Bréart, the general who led the first campaign
- Traité du Bardo.jpg
Treaty of Bardo on 12 May 1881
- Prise de Sfax - 1881.jpg
Prise de Sfax en 1881, Tunisie.
- Traité du Bardo de 1881 - p3.jpg
First page of the Treaty of Bardo
- Première page de la convention de la Marsa - Tunisie.jpg
First page of Conventions of La Marsa
Notes
- ↑ as High Commissioner
References
- ↑ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Identifiers at line 630: attempt to index field 'known_free_doi_registrants_t' (a nil value).
- ↑ Perkins, Kenneth J. (2004). A History of Modern Tunisia. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-81124-4.
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