The French protectorate of Tunisia, officially the Regency of Tunis and commonly referred to as simply French Tunisia, was the period of French colonial rule in Tunisia that lasted from 1881 until Tun
Portrait of the Bey Muhammad III Sadiq
The Congress of Berlin by Anton von Werner
Benedetto Cairoli, the Italian Prime Minister who suffered the slap of Tunis and had to resign from his office
Bréart, the general who led the first campaign
The Kingdom of Tunisia was a short-lived monarchy established after Tunisian independence and the end of the French protectorate period. It lasted for a period of one year and five months between 20 M
French protectorate of Tunisia
…next year, the French revoked the clause of the Treaty of Bardo that had established the protectorate in 1881 and recognised the independence of the Kingdom of Tunisia under Muhammad VIII al-Amin on 20 March. Embassy of France in Tunis…
Jallouli Fares, Speaker of the Constituent Assembly of Tunisia.
Royal Palace of Carthage.
Proclamation of the republic in the constituent assembly.
Text of the declaration of the Republic (in Arabic).