| Ottoman Tripolitania ایالت طرابلس غرب (1551–1864) Eyālet-i Trâblus Gârb ولايت طرابلس غرب (1864–1912) Vilâyet-i Trâblus Gârb | |||||||||||||||
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| Eyalet and Vilayet of Ottoman Empire | |||||||||||||||
| 1551–1912 | |||||||||||||||
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 Lesser coat of arms (1856)
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.png) The Tripolitania Eyalet in 1795 | |||||||||||||||
| Capital | Tripoli | ||||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||||
| 1551 | |||||||||||||||
• Karamanli dynasty rises to power | 1711 | ||||||||||||||
| 1801 | |||||||||||||||
• Ottoman Empire reestablishes direct control | 1835 | ||||||||||||||
| 1912 | |||||||||||||||
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| Today part of | Libya | ||||||||||||||
Ottoman Tripolitania, also known as the Regency of Tripoli, was officially ruled by the Ottoman Empire from 1551 to 1912.[1][2] It corresponded roughly to the northern parts of modern-day Libya in historic Tripolitania and Cyrenaica.[1][3] It was initially established as an Ottoman province ruled by a pasha (governor) in Tripoli who was appointed from Constantinople, though in practice it was semi-autonomous due to the power of the local Janissaries.[1][2] From 1711 to 1835, the Karamanli dynasty ruled the province as a de facto hereditary monarchy while remaining under nominal Ottoman suzerainty.[1] In 1835, the Ottomans reestablished direct control over the region until its annexation by Italy in 1912.[4]
Like the Ottoman regencies in Tunis and Algiers, the Regency of Tripoli was a major base for the privateering activities of the North African corsairs, who also provided revenues for Tripoli.[1][2] A remnant of the centuries of Turkish rule is the presence of a population of Turkish origin, and those of partial Turkish origin, the Kouloughlis.
- ^ a b c d e St. John, Ronald Bruce (2015). Libya: Continuity and Change. Routledge. pp. 8–9. ISBN 978-1-135-03654-6.
- ^ a b c Naylor, Phillip (2015). North Africa, Revised Edition: A History from Antiquity to the Present. University of Texas Press. pp. 119, 122–123. ISBN 978-0-292-76192-6.
- ^ Abun-Nasr, Jamil (1987). A history of the Maghrib in the Islamic period. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 191–193. ISBN 0521337674.
- ^ Abun-Nasr, Jamil (1987). A history of the Maghrib in the Islamic period. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 314, 321. ISBN 0521337674.