French protectorate of Tunisia
French protectorate of Tunisia Protectorat français de Tunisie الحماية الفرنسية في تونس | |||||||||
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| 1881–1956 | |||||||||
Coat of arms
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| Anthem: and Beylical Anthem | |||||||||
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 | |||||||||
• Treaty of Bardo | 12 May 1881 | ||||||||
• Independence | 20 March 1956 | ||||||||
| Currency | Tunisian rial (until 1891) Tunisian franc (1891–1958) | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Tunisia | ||||||||
The French protectorate of Tunisia (French: Protectorat français de Tunisie; 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]
Notes
- ↑ as High Commissioner
References
- ↑ Ling, Dwight L. (August 1960). "The French Invasion of Tunisia, 1881". The Historian. 22 (4): 396–412. doi:10.1111/j.1540-6563.1960.tb01666.x. JSTOR 24436566.
- ↑ Perkins, Kenneth J. (2004). A History of Modern Tunisia. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-81124-4.