The Deys and Beys of Tunis, 1666–1922

A foundational text on the early modern history of Tunis that places Tunisian history firmly within Ottoman history The Tunisian historiography of the modern era has broadly centered on a narrative of three successive powers: the pashas, first, followed by the deys (the "symbolic uncles" of the Turkish militia), who were in turn deposed by the beys (native civil rulers arising out of Hafsid times). This approach has provided all the components of a national narrative: it has posited the decline