Autonomous Ottoman regency of Tunisia, ruled by the Husainid beys until the French protectorate.
The Beylik of Tunis lost its sovereignty when France imposed the Bardo Treaty on 12 May 1881 after a military invasion, establishing the French Protectorate of Tunisia; the Husainid beys were retained as titular heads until Tunisian independence on 20 March 1956.
The atlas holds 2 border frames for Beylik of Tunis — the shape you scrub through changes in 1574 · 1683.
Standard survey covering the Husainid beylik of Tunis and Ottoman North Africa.
Context on the autonomous Ottoman regencies of the Maghrib (broad context).