TUNISIA

The Husainid Dynasty

GENEALOGY

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1942 - 1943 H.H. Muhammad al-Munsif [Moncef] Pasha, Bey and Possessor of the Kingdom of Tunis. b. at La Manouba (or Sidi-Bou-Saïd), 4^thMarch 1881, eldest son of H.H. Muhammad al-Nasir Pasha, Bey and Possessor of the Kingdom of Tunis, GCMG, educ. Sadiki Coll, Tunis. Invested as Heir Apparent with the title of Bey al-Mahalla and the style of His Highness, 30^thApril 1942. Proclaimed on the death of his cousin, 19^th June 1942. Installed at the Palace of Bardo, 21^stJune 1942. Attempted to free Tunis from French control and established an independent government in 1942. Deposed by the Free French on the false grounds that he was a Vichy collaborator, 14^th May 1943. Abdicated 6^th July 1943. Exiled to Laghouat in southern Algeria, then Ténes, and finally removed to Pau in France in 1945. Lieut-Gen Beylical Army 30/4/1942, Field Marshal 19/6/1942. Sovereign and Grand Master of the Nishan al-Ahad al-Aman, Nishan ad-Dam, and Nishan al-Iftikhar. Rcvd: the Nishan al-Ahad al-Aman al-Murassa (1.5.1942), Nishan ad-Dam, and GC of the Nishan al-Iftikhar while a young prince, GC of the Orders of the Legion of Honour in brilliants (21.6.1942, GO 1.5.1942), the Sharifian Order of Alawi of Morocco, and the Black Star of Benin, Officer of the Order of the Academic Palmes of France, etc. m. (first) at Sidi-Bou-Saïd, October 1900, Lalla Traki [Traqui] (d. at the Essâada Palace, La Marsa, 18^thApril 1919, and bur. Turbat al-Bey, the Madina, Tunis), eldest daughter of H.H. Muhammad al-Hadi Pasha, Bey and Possessor of the Kingdom of Tunis. m. (second) 1919, (div.) Lalla Zubaida, a descendant of the saint, Sidi ‘Ali Azzouz, of Zaghouan. m. (third) (div. 1942) H.H. Princess (Lalla) Habiba Beya (b. at Manouba, 1888; d. 21^st December 1969), former wife of Lieutenant-General Si Ahmad Gara, and elder daughter of Prince Murad Bey. m. (fourth) August 1942, Lalla Arbiya (d. 30^th July 1974), who shared her husband’s exile, former Lady-in-Waiting to Princess Habiba, former wife of Fnoun, daughter of Si Muhammad al-Klibi, an officer of the Beylical Guard. He d. in exile at Villa Cadaval, Pau, France, 1^st September 1948 (bur. Sidi Bel Hasan Mausoleum, Jellaz), having had issue, three sons and one daughter, by his first wife wife:©Christopher Buyers

1) Prince (Sidi) Salah ud-din [Slaheddine] Bey. b. at Sidi-Bou-Saïd, 4^th February 1902, educ. privately. Rcvd: the Nishan ad-Dam and GC of the Nishan al-Iftikhar, etc. m. Lalla Mamia (d. June 1977), eldest daughter of Colonel Si Said Zaccaria, sometime ADC, by his wife, Princess Khadija, eldest daughter of H.H. Muhammad al-Nasir Pasha, Bey and Possessor of the Kingdom of Tunis, GCMG. He d. at Tunis, 4^th April 1938, having had issue, two sons and three daughters:
- a) Prince (Sidi) Nasir ud-din [Naceur Eddine] Bey. b. at La Marsa, 31^st March 1927. Rcvd: the Nishan ad-Dam, and GC of the Nishan al-Iftikhar, etc. m. at La Marsa, 2^nd October 1956 (nikah? 18^th February 1954), Lalla Nur al-Huda [Nour-el-Houda] (b. at Sidi-Bou-Saïd, 31^st January 1933), daughter of Si Hadi Slama. He d. at La Marsa, 22^nd February 1969, having had issue, three sons and two daughters:
  - i) Prince (Sidi) Muhammad al-Munsif [Moncef] Bey. b. 19^th June 1959, educ. Lycée Carnot, Tunis. m. and has issue, a daughter:
    
    (1) Princess (Lalla) Nur al-Huda [Nour L’Houda Bey]. b. 22^nd October 199x. Copyright©Christopher Buyers
  - ii) Prince (Sidi) Salim [Slim] Bey. b. 28^th October 1960. m. 2^nd July 1989, Lalla Asma, daughter of Si Muhammad Lajimi. He has issue, two sons:
    
    (1) Prince (Sidi) Nasir [Naceur] Bey. b. 1^st July 1990, educ. Lycée Carthage Byrsa, and Univ Centrale de Tunis.
    
    (2) Prince (Sidi) 'Umar [Omar] Bey. b. at La Marsa, 23^rd August 1992, educ. Lycée Carthage Byrsa, and Tunisia Private Univ, Tunis. Employed with Weld El Bey Cafe/Resraurant in La Marsa.
  - iii) Prince (Sidi) Khalid Bey. b. 3^rd January 1962. m …
- b) H.H. Prince (Sidi) Zainal-Abidin [Zine El Abidine] Bey, Bey al-Mahalla. b. 12^th March 1930. Succeeded as Heir Apparent with the title of Bey al-Mahalla and the style of His Highness, 17^th June 2013. Rcvd: the Nishan ad-Dam, and GC of the Nishan al-Iftikhar, etc. m. at La Marsa, 2^nd October 1956 (nikah? 18^th February 1954), Lalla Khadija (b. 6^th July 1935; d. 13^th February 2021, bur. Sidi ‘Abdu’l Aziz Cemetery), eldest daughter of Si Muhammad al-Munji [El-Mongi] Zakaria, by his wife, Princess Farida, daughter of H.H. Muhammad al-Munsif Pasha, Bey and Possessor of the Kingdom of Tunis. He d. 1^st September 2018 (bur. Sidi ‘Abdu’l Aziz Cemetery), having had issue, one son and three daughters:
  
  i) Prince (Sidi) Salah ud-din [Slaheddine] Bey. b. 1959, educ. Inst Supérieur des Etudes Technologiques (ISET), Sousse. Employed with Knudsen, Berkheimer, Richardson & Endacott LLP. m. and has issue.
  
  i) Princess (Lalla) Rawiya. b. 1957. m. (first) Prince (Sidi) Muhammad [M'hamed] Bey (b. at La Marsa, 10^th October 1950; d. 9^th February 1998), second son of Prince Muhammad Riza Bey, by his first wife, Lalla Badia, daughter of Si 'Abdu'l Majid Zarrouk. m. (second) Aziz Khalfat. She had issue, one son and one daughter by her first husband - see above.
  
  ii) Princess (Lalla) Farida. b. 1962. m …
  
  iii) Princess (Lalla) Sonia. b. 1964. Copyright©Christopher Buyers
- a) Princess (Lalla) Fatima [Fanny]. b. 24^th October 1924. m. (first) 1944, Si Hasan Bayram. m. (second) 1952, Si Zain al-Abidin Ben Achour (d. 19xx), son of Sidi Tahir Ben Achour, sometime Shaikh ul-Islam. She d. 27^th January 1978, having had issue, two daughters by her first husband, and one son by her second.
2) Prince (Sidi) Muhammad ar-Rauf [Errouf] Bey. b. at Sidi-Bou-Saïd, 9^th October 1903, educ. privately. Rcvd: the Nishan ad-Dam and GC of the Nishan al-Iftikhar, etc. Helped to save several Jewish families during the Nazi occupation of Tunis in WW2. m. (first) (div. 1923) Lalla Halima [Hallouma], née Zaccaria. m. (second) Lalla Zohra (b. 5^th October 1914; d. October 1950), née Helena Belino, an Italian convert to Islam. m. (third) Lalla Aisha [Aïcha], daughter of Si Nur ud-din Jounaï. He d. 12^th May 1977, having had issue, two sons and four daughters by his second wife:

a) Prince (Sidi) Muhammad Salah [Hamadi Salah] Bey. b. 25^th February 1933. Rcvd: the Nishan ad-Dam, and GC of the Nishan al-Iftikhar, etc. m. (first) (div.) Lalla Samia. m. (second) (div.) Lalla Shazlia [Chédlya] (d. 25^th June 2003), a former ballet dancer under the name of 'Zina', from the Bou Zaïane family. m. (third) Lalla Radia, née Sharif. He had issue, three sons and three daughters:

i) Prince (Sidi) Nasir [Nacer] Bey.

ii) Prince (Sidi) Rauf [Raouf] Bey.

iii) Prince (Sidi) Khitab [Itab] Bey (s/o Lalla Shazlia).

i) Princess (Lalla) Samira (d/o Lalla Samia).

ii) Princess (Lalla) Munia (d/o Lalla Samia).

iii) Princess (Lalla) Assia [Essia]. Copyright©Christopher Buyers

b) Prince (Sidi) Muhammad Rashid Bey [Jean Rached Bey]. b. at La Marsa, 2^nd October 1935. Rcvd: the Nishan ad-Dam, and GC of the Nishan al-Iftikhar, etc. m. ca. 1956, Lalla Marie (b. at Tunis, 22^nd September 1930; d. at the 14e-Arrondissement, Paris, France, 9^th April 2021), MD of SCI Mariebey in Paris 1998-2021, née Marie Augustine Galipon. He d. at the 9e-Arrondissement, Paris, France, 15^th July 2008, having had issue, one son and one daughter:

i) Prince (Sidi) Muhammad al-Munsif Bey [Jean-Moncef Bey]. b. 13^th November 1967.

i) Princess (Lalla) Sofiya [Sophie Legendre]. b. 20^th June 1957. m. Jean-Marie Legendre.

c) Princess (Lalla) Traki [Traqui]. b. 5^th April 1932. m. H.E. Si Fathi Zuhir [Fethi Zouhir] (b. 12^th April 1917), educ. Sadiki Coll, Tunis, Univs of Algiers and Toulouse, France, Advocate 1940, Rapporteur to the Conseil des Quarante 1952, Minister for Social Affairs 1955-1956, Deputy for Souk el-Arba 1956 and Tunis 1969-1974, Presdt. Financial Cmsn. 1957, Ambassador to Morocco 1957-1960, Italy 1960-1961, USSR 1962, Sec. of State for Public Health 1964-1966, Dir. of Protocol 1966-1969, son of a former Presdt. of the Court of Appeal. She had issue, two sons and three daughters.

b) Princess (Lalla) Sa'adia [Souad]. b. December 1936. m. Si Mustafa al-Habib (b. 18^th May 1933; d. 13^th November 1978), son of Si Muhammad Salah al-Habib, by his wife, Princess Mahbuba, eldest daughter of Lieutenant-General H.H. Prince Muhammad as-Sadiq Bey, Bey al-Mahalla. She d. July 1961, having had issue, one son and one daughter.

c) Princess (Lalla) Husn al-Aujud [Jouda]. b. 5^th November 1939. m. Si Hasan Sakka. She d. 6^th March 2001, having had issue, one son and one daughter.

d) Princess (Lalla) Najette. b. 22^nd July 1942. m. several husbands, including, …Ben Mami. Copyright©Christopher Buyers
3) Prince (Sidi) ‘Umar [Amor] Bey. b. at the Essâada Palace, La Marsa, 10^th September 1904 (s/o Traki), educ. privately. Rcvd: the Nishan ad-Dam and GC of the Nishan al-Iftikhar, etc. m. Princess (Lalla) Sassia (b. at Dermech, near Carthage, 1904; m. second, ca. 1939, H.R.H. Prince ‘Allalah Bey, and d. ca. 1991), only daughter of Lieutenant-General H.H. Prince Muhammad al-Bashir Bey, Bey al-Mahalla, by his wife, Princess Taj ul-Bakht, daughter of his cousin H.H. Muhammad al-Nasir Pasha, Bey and Possessor of the Kingdom of Tunis, GCMG. He d. 31^st December 1938, having had issue, seven sons and one daughter:

a) Prince (Sidi) Muhammad al-Hadi [el Hadi] Bey. b. 9^th September 1927. Rcvd: the Nishan ad-Dam, and GC of the Nishan al-Iftikhar, etc. m. (first) Lalla Rafiqa (d. 19xx), née Rafika Ben Hamida. m. (second) Lalla Aliya, née Ennaïfer. He d. before 18^th July 2010, having had issue, by his first wife, one son and three daughters:

i) Prince (Sidi) Muhammad al-Bashir Bey [Dr Mohamed El Béchir Bey]. b. 6^th February 1955 (s/o Rafiqa), educ. Lycée Français de la Marsa, Tunis, and Univ de Strasbourg (MD), France. Dermatolgist in private practice at La Marsa. m. Lalla ‘Afaf [Foufti Bey], daughter of Si Muhammad Sharif ud-din [Mohamed Charfeddine]. He has issue, two sons:

(1) Prince (Sidi) Ayub Bey [Ayoub Bey]. b. at Strasbourg, France, 3^rd December 1982. m. at Tunis, 24^th June 2010, Lalla Hela [Héla Bessaies Bey] (b. 9^thMarch 1987), educ. Lycée Pilote Bourguiba, Tunis (LPBT), Lycée Hoche de Versailles, and Ecole Spéciale des Travaux Publics, du Bâtiment et de l'Industrie (ESTP), Paris, France, daughter of Dr Mahmud Bessaies, of La Marsa, by his wife, Hager, nee Snoussi.

(2) Prince (Sidi) Wahil Bey [Wael Bey]. b. in Saudi Arabia, 19^th April 1986.

i) Princess (Lalla) Amal [Amèle Bey]. b. 7^thSeptember 1956 (d/o Rafiqa). m. Si Nabil Aouij.

ii) Princess (Lalla) Suraya [Thoraya Bey]. b. 3^rd May 1958. m. Si Rafiq Shabbi [Rafik Chebbi], third son of Si ‘Abdu’l Aziz Shabbi [Abdelaziz Chebbi], by his wife, Zakia, nee Jallouli.

iii) Princess (Lalla) Laila [Leila Bey]. b. ca. 1960. m. Si Mahmud al-Fellah.

b) Prince (Sidi) Muhammad Radi [Radhi] Bey. b. 7^th October 1928. Rcvd: the Nishan ad-Dam, and GC of the Nishan al-Iftikhar, etc. He d. ca. 1947.

c) Prince (Sidi) Muhammad Fuad [Fouad] Bey. b. 12^th August 1930. Rcvd: the Nishan ad-Dam, and GC of the Nishan al-Iftikhar, etc. m. (first) Lalla Yvonne Lucie Andrée [Suzanne] (d. 195x). m. (second) Lalla Bahanne, daughter of Si Yahia Daly. He had issue, one daughter:

i) Princess (Lalla) Lillia. b. 20^th July 1952. m. (first) Si Jamal Ben Chaouch. m. (second) Si Hamadi Ennabli. She has issue.

d) Prince (Sidi) Muhammad 'Ali Bey. b. 13^th June 1932. He d. 6^th July 1943.

e) Prince (Sidi) Muhammad Said Bey [Saïd Ben Hassine Bey]. b. 17^th January 1934 (or 20^thFebruary 1936). Rcvd: the Nishan ad-Dam, and GC of the Nishan al-Iftikhar, etc. m. 9^th September 1959, Lalla Zainab (b 20^th August 1940), daughter of ‘Ali Essafi. He had issue, four sons and one daughter:

i) Prince (Sidi) Muhammad Bashir Razi Bey [Radhi Ben Hassine Bey]. b. at La Marsa, 25^thJuly 1960. m. (first) 5^thOctober 1985 (div.) Princess (Lalla) Aisha [Aïcha], elder daughter of Prince ‘Ali Bey, by his second wife, Lalla Razia [Radhia], née Essafi. m. (second) Lalla Mah Razia [Maherzia]. He has issue, two sons by his first wife, and one daughter by his second:

(1) Prince (Sidi) Ghassin [Ghassen] Bey. b. 28^th February 1988 (s/o Princess Aisha). Copyright©Christopher Buyers

(2) Prince (Sidi) Muhammad Badr ud-din [Badredrine] Bey. b. 24^th September 1990 (s/o Princess Aisha).

(1) Princess (Lalla) Yasmin (d/o Lalla Maherzia).

ii) Prince (Sidi) ‘Umar Bey [Omar Ben Hassine Bey]. b. 23^rd January 1962. General Mngr UPC Renewables, LLC/Enerciel Tunisia. m. Lalla Valérie, née Albrecht. He has issue, one son and one daughter:

(1) Prince (Sidi) Muhammad al-Hadi Bey.

(1) Princess (Lalla) Sirim [Cyrine Bey].

iii) Prince (Sidi) Muhammad ‘Ali Bey [Mohamed Ali Ben Hassine]. b. 17^th August 1964. m. Lalla Malika [Malika Ben Hassine Abassi], educ. Lycée Français de La Marsa, and Cailloux, daughter of Sâad Abbasi. He has issue, an only son:

(1) Prince (Sidi) Yasin Bey [Yassine Ben Hassine], educ. Lycée Gustave Flaubert, Tunis.

iv) Prince (Sidi) Munsif Bey [Moncef Ben Hassine Bey]. b. at La Marsa, 12^th June 1969. Employed at Amen Bank. m. (first) (div.) Lalla Lamia [Lamia Benhassine Bey], educ. Univ of Tunis (MA), Rue de Russie Officiel R2R, London, South Carolina, USA, and Barcelona, Spain, daughter of Si Shazli [Chédly] Gtâat. m. (second) Lalla Zainab [Zeineb Fakhfakh Bey], educ. Lycée Secondaire d’El Menzah VI, Tunis, daughter of Si Muhi ud-din Fakhfakh, by his wife, Princess Alia, daughter of Prince ‘Ali bin Said Bey. He has issue, one son and one daughter by his first wife:

(1) Prince (Sidi) Yusuf Bey [Youssef Ben Hassine] (s/o Lamia).

(1) Princess (Lalla) Taj l-Mulk [Molkà Bén Hàssîne] (d/o Lamia), educ. Salima Sch, and Coll Awledi, Mégrine, Tunis.

i) Princess (Lalla) Bushra [Bouchra Kâaniche]. b. 14^th May 1972. m. Si Jamil Kâaniche. She has issue, one son.

f) Prince (Sidi) Muhammad Salah ud-din [Slaheddine] Bey. b. 19^th July 1938.

g) Prince (Sidi) Muhammad Aun ar-Rafiq [Aoun Rafik] Bey. b. (posthumous) 16^th July 1939. m. 15^th January 1967, Lalla Fatima (b. ca. 1942). Copyright©Christopher Buyers

a) Princess (Lalla) Hayat un-Nafisa [Hayet Ennefous Bey]. b. 11^thJanuary 1936. m. at La Marsa, 23^rdJune 1955 (nikah), Si ‘Abdu’l Aziz al-Habib [Abdelaziz Habib], son of Si Muhammad Hadi al-Habib, by his wife, Princess Janaina, eldest daughter of Lieutenant-General H.H. Sidi Mahmud al-Adil Bey, Bey al-Mahalla. She d. 27^th January 2022, having had issue, four sons and two daughters - see above.
1) Princess (Lalla) Farida [Frida]. b. 19^th September 1911. m. (first) ca. 1934, Si Muhammad al-Munji [El-Mongi] Zaccaria (d. ca. 1943), eldest son of Colonel Si Said Zaccaria, sometime ADC, by his wife, Princess Khadija, eldest daughter of H.H. Muhammad al-Nasir Pasha, Bey and Possessor of the Kingdom of Tunis, GCMG. m. (second) after the death of her first husband, ca. 1943, Si Muhammad al-Afif Kahiya (m. second, Princess Zanukha [bint 'Izz ud-din), son of Si Muhammad bin Mukhtar Kahiya. She had issue, three sons and one daughter by her first husband (see above), and three daughters by her second husband:

a) Lalla Traki Kahiya. b. 16^th November 1944. m. H.E. Monji Koôli (b. at Ksar-Hellal, 15^th March 1930), educ. Sadiki Coll, Tunis and at the Faculty of Law, Paris, Sec-Gen of UGET in France 1957-1959 and in Tunisia 1960, Mbr Tunis City Council 1960-1963 (Vice-Presdt 1963-1964), Governor of Jendouba 1964-1967 and Bizerte 1967-1969, Dir National Security Organization 1969-1970, Ambassador to Spain 1970-1972, Minister Plen in the MFA 1972-1974, Sec-Gen MFA 1974, MP 1974, Minister for Public Health 1976. She has issue, three children.

b) Lalla Badia [Badiâa] Kahiya. b. 6^th February 1948. m. a brother of H.E. Monji Koôli.

c) Lalla Shazlia [Chédlya] Kahiya. b. 19^th April 1950.

d) Lalla Qamar [Kmar] Kahiya. b. 19^th March 1952.

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