Spanish Tripoli

Spanish Tripolitania
1510–1530
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Early 16th century map of Tripoli by Piri Reis
Status	Territory of the Spanish Empire under the jurisdiction of Sicily
Capital	Tripoli
Common languages	Spanish (official) Libyan Arabic
Religion	Roman Catholicism Sunni Islam
Governor
• 1510	Pedro Navarro (first)
• 1520–1530	François Velasquès (last)
Historical era	Early modern period
• Spanish conquest	25 July 1510
• Hospitaller fief	23 March 1530
• Disestablished	25 July 1530
Currency	Spanish real, gold dinar, dirham
Preceded by Succeeded by Hafsid dynasty Hospitaller Tripoli
Today part of	Libya

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Tripoli, today the capital city of Libya, was a presidio of the Spanish Empire in North Africa between 1510 and 1530. The city was captured by Spanish forces in July 1510, and for the next two decades it was administered as an outpost which fell under the jurisdiction of the Spanish Viceroy of Sicily. The city was granted as a fief to the Knights Hospitaller in 1530, and the latter ruled the city until 1551.