State · 1881 – 1956
French protectorate of Tunisia
A state of 1881 – 1956 — 75 years in the Middle East and North Africa. It replaced Tunis eyalet. It was replaced by Tunisia and followed by Kingdom of Tunisia. The atlas records 8 things within it — wars and battles 5 · people 3. Its line of rulers holds 8 people. Its own article says it was dissolved.
For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the state.
- Stood
- 75 years
- 1881 – 1956
- Rulers
- 8
- the Bey
- Within it
- 8
- recorded rows
- Symbols
- 2
- on record, with years
Where it sits in time
Five thousand years, 3000 BCE to 2026; the state in gold, what it replaced or followed and what replaced or followed it in grey.
Before and after
The states the record files it as replacing or following, and those that replaced or followed it - Wikidata's own statements, each read from this state's side.
Before it
- Tunis eyalet · replaces
After it
- Kingdom of Tunisia · followed by · 1956 – 1957
- Tunisia · replaced by · 1957 – present
How it ended, as its article says
Dissolved, 1956-03-20. Read from the article's section “lead” by its grammar; the claim is only that the article says so.
The protectorate was finally abolished on 20 March 1956.
One sentence of the English Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Rulers
Read from the state’s own English article and its rulers’ articles, where Wikidata names no ruler.
7 terms are shared from [object Object].
| Ruler | Reign | Length | How it ended · source | To the ruler before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Muhammad III as-Sadiq | 1859 – 1882 | 23 years | ending not on record | |
| Ali III ibn al-Husayn · from the line of Kingdom of Tunisia | 1882 – 1902 | 20 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | sibling |
| Muhammad IV al-Hadi · from the line of Kingdom of Tunisia | 1902 – 1906 | 4 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | child |
| Muhammad V an-Nasir · from the line of Kingdom of Tunisia | 1906 – 1922 | 16 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| Muhammad VI al-Habib · from the line of Kingdom of Tunisia | 1922 – 1929 | 7 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| Ahmad II of Tunis · from the line of Kingdom of Tunisia | 1929 – 1942 | 13 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| Moncef Bey · from the line of Kingdom of Tunisia | 1942 – 1943 | 1 year | left office aliveread off the dates alone | |
| Lamine Bey | 1943 – 1957 | 14 years | ending not on record |
8 rulers, 8 with terms dated as terms, covering 1859 – 1957. Median reign 13.5 years. 0 of 7 handovers irregular - a killing, a deposition, a rival claimant, a rising or a coup beside it. A blank in the last column means no kin on record, which is coverage, never “unrelated”.
Flags and arms, in order
Each symbol with the years its own statement gives; the timeline flies the one of the year on screen.
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flag, undatedFlag of the Beylik of Tunis (1831–1881) and Tunisia (1881–1959) · Public domain .svg/120px-Coat_of_Arms_of_the_beys_of_Tunis_(Husseinic_dynasty).svg.png)
coat of arms, undatedCoat of Arms of the beys of Tunis (Husseinic dynasty) · CC BY-SA 4.0
What happened within it, by century
Every row the atlas hosts under this state, by the century it began in: wars and battles in red, risings, regime changes and massacres beside them, everything else in grey. A tall bar is a century the record is full for, which is partly a fact about Wikipedia.
1800 – 18991 row
- Lamine Bey · ruler · 1881 – 1962
1900 – 19997 rows · 5 wars and battles
- Rached Ghannouchi · philosopher · 1941 – present
- Hamadi Jebali · inventor · 1949 – present
- Operation Corkscrew · battle · 1943
- Operation Retribution · battle · 1943
- Battle of Skerki Bank · battle · 1942
- Operation Flax · battle · 1943
- Operation Vulcan · battle · 1943
Among all states
Each measure against the states that carry it, never against all of them: a bar is the share of those states below this one.
- How long it stood75 years
stood longer than 41% of 3,187 states with a recorded end or still standing.
- Wars recorded per centurynone
had more wars on record per century than 44% of 3,187 states, counting the wars the atlas hosts under each.
- How long a reign lasted, at the median14 years
had longer reigns, at the median, than 46% of 967 states whose dated line can carry a median.
- Rulers on record8
has more rulers on record than 76% of 1,968 states with a line of rulers.
What led to it, and what came of it
The investigation's own picture: 2 causes the record names and 2 results, the strongest six of each at their own years, joined to the state by the kind of claim - a recorded statement solid, the article's sentence dashed, a theory dash-dot.
Open the investigation: every row with its evidence, the conditions at the time, the theories condition by condition, and the succession analysed.
Open in the atlas
- On the timeline, 1871 – 1966, with everything that stood beside it.
- On the map in 1919, live: scrub the year and watch its borders move.
- Investigate it: what led to it, what came of it, and its succession analysed.
Wikidata Q2017684 (CC0) · symbols from Wikimedia Commons, each credited above · one sentence of the English Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA 4.0 · data built 2026-10-06 · Pastlas v2.9.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.