Ottoman Tripolitania

Ottoman Tripolitania
ایالت طرابلس غرب
(1551–1864)
*Eyālet-i Trâblus Gârb*
ولايت طرابلس غرب
(1864–1912)
*Vilâyet-i Trâblus Gârb*
Ottoman Tripolitania ایالت طرابلس غرب; (1551–1864); Eyālet-i Trâblus Gârbولايت طرابلس غرب; (1864–1912); Vilâyet-i Trâblus Gârb
Eyalet and Vilayet of Ottoman Empire
1551–1912
	Flag Lesser coat of arms (1856)
	; The Tripolitania Eyalet in 1795
Capital	Tripoli
History
• Siege of Tripoli	1551
• Karamanli dynasty rises to power	1711
• First Barbary War	1801
• Ottoman Empire reestablishes direct control	1835
• Italo-Turkish War	1912
Preceded by	Succeeded by
	Hospitaller Tripoli
	Hafsid dynasty
	Mamluk Sultanate
Italian Tripolitania
Italian Cyrenaica
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.

[:1-1] St. John, Ronald Bruce (2015). Libya: Continuity and Change. Routledge. pp. 8–9. ISBN 978-1-135-03654-6.

[:2-2] 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.

[:152-3] Abun-Nasr, Jamil (1987). A history of the Maghrib in the Islamic period. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 191–193. ISBN 0521337674.

[:1522-4] Abun-Nasr, Jamil (1987). A history of the Maghrib in the Islamic period. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 314, 321. ISBN 0521337674.

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