The Mejba Revolt was a rebellion in Tunisia against the doubling of an unpopular poll tax imposed on his subjects by Sadok Bey. The most extensive revolt against the rule of the Husainid Beys of Tunis

Samuel "Batto" Sfez was a young Tunisian Jew who worked as a cart driver for Nassim Shamama, the caid or officially recognised leader of the Jewish community in Tunisia. His execution for blasphemy in