Dar Hammuda Pasha is an old palace in the medina of Tunis. It is considered as one of the oldest and biggest palaces of the medina that kept their original architecture.
A palace is a grand residence, especially a royal residence, or the home of a head of state or some other high-ranking dignitary, such as a bishop or archbishop.
The Medina of Tunis is the Medina quarter of Tunis, capital of Tunisia. It has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1979.
It is located in Tunis, in the prestigious Sidi Ben Arous Street, near the political power centre.
Tunis is the capital and the largest city of Tunisia. The greater metropolitan area of Tunis, often referred to as Grand Tunis, has some 2,700,000 inhabitants.
Dar Hammuda Pasha was built by Hammuda Pasha Bey, a Muradid prince in 1630.
Hammuda Pasha Bey, died 1666 was the second Bey of the Tunisian Muradid dynasty. He reigned from 1631 until his death.
The Muradid Dynasty (Mouradites) was a dynasty, which ruled over Tunisia from 1613 to 1705.
The palace was the residence place of Hammuda Pasha and his first wife, the well known princess Aziza Othmana, before succeeding his father to the throne and moving to Dar El Bey (then called Dar El Kbira or Big House). [1] Few years before his death, Hammuda Pacha decides to give Dar El Bey to his eldest son and successor, Murad II while Dar Hammouda Pacha (called Dar El Sghira at that time or Small House) was given to his younger son Mohamed El Hafsi Pasha.
Aziza Othmana (1606-1669) was a Tunisian princess belonging to the Mouradites dynasty.
Dar El Bey, also known as the government palace is an old palace in the medina of Tunis, more precisely in the city's Kasbah. Nowadays, it serves as the office of the Head of Government of Tunisia but was used by guests of the State previously. It is located south of Government Square, west of Kasbah Square.
Mourad II Bey, died 1675 in the palace of Bardo was the third Muradid Bey of Tunis from 1666 until his death.
Under the Husainid dynasty, the palace was used as an annex to Dar El Bey and a residence place for the royal family.
The Husainid dynasty is a former ruling dynasty of Tunisia, which was of Cretan Turkish origin. It came to power under al-Husayn I ibn Ali in 1705, succeeding the Muradid dynasty. After taking power, the Husainids ruled as Beys. Its succession to the throne was determined by agnatic seniority with the oldest member of the dynasty becoming Bey. The heir apparent to the Bey held the title Bey al-Mahalla. The Husainids originally ruled under the sovereignty of the Ottoman Empire. In 1881, with the Treaty of Bardo, Tunisia came under the control of France as a protectorate. Following independence from France on 20 March 1956, the Bey Muhammad VIII al-Amin assumed the title of King and reigned as such until the Prime Minister Habib Bourguiba deposed the dynasty and declared Tunisia a republic on 25 July 1957.
After the Mejba Revolt, the palace was offered by Muhammad III as-Sadiq to Salah Ben Mohamed, a kahia and tribal leader who was promoted later to bach hamba (captain of the mounted police) and a lieutenant governor of El Kef for his loyalty and good services during the civil war. Salah Ben Mohamed transformed the palace into a habous.
Muhammad III as-Sadiq GCB was the Husainid Bey of Tunis from 1859 until his death. Invested as Bey al-Mahalla on 10 June 1855, he succeeded his brother Muhammad II ibn al-Husayn on 23 September 1859. Named as divisional General in the Imperial Ottoman Army on 10 June 1855, he was promoted to the rank of Marshal on 10 December 1859.
El Kef, also known as Le Kef, is a city in northwestern Tunisia. It serves as the capital of the Kef Governorate.
In 1872, Hammuda Chahed, a rich noble and one of the biggest chaouachia corporation chiefs, bought it but kept its previous legal status as a habous.
In 1957, Dar Hammouda Pacha lost its status as a habous due to a new law, which made it possible to the touristic development society of Tunisia, and affiliate of the Poulina group to buy the palace and convert it into a prestigious restaurant called Dar Hammouda Pacha. [2]
Laurent d'Arvieux, who visited the palace in 1670, gave detailed description of the palace :
The house of Mehmet Bey his brother is in the same street, almost face to face to Murad's one. It has a particular disposition: the women's section has, as I have been told, a Tunisian traditional design, while the master's one has an Italian look, there are frilled courts, many rooms, salons, dressing rooms, galleries, gardens and anything else anyone can wish for in a house of a great master
— Laurent d'Arvieux, Palais et résidences des Mouradites : apport des documents des archives locales (la Tunisie au XVIIe siècle) [3]
Mohammed Bey or M'hamed Bey , was the eleventh Husainid Bey of Tunis, ruling from 1855 until his death. He was the son of Al-Husayn II ibn Mahmud and his second wife Lalla Fatima al-Munastiri.
Mohamed Salah Ben Mrad (1881–1979) was a Tunisian theologian, journalist and intellectual. In 1931 he published Mourning on Haddad's Woman objecting to the expanded rights for women which were advocated by Tahar Haddad in his book Our Women in the Sharia and Society published one year earlier.
Hammouda or Hamouda or Hammuda is a given name derived of Hammoud and variants Hamoud and Hamud. It is also a common surname in Arabic. Notable people with the name include:
The Revolutions of Tunis or the Muradid War of Succession was a period of troubles and civil wars in Ottoman Tunisia. It ran from the death of the Muradid sovereign Murad II Bey in 1675 until the seizure of power by the Husainid sovereign Al-Husayn I ibn Ali at-Turki in 1705. The belligerents were Ali Bey al-Muradi and Muhammad Bey al-Muradi, their uncle Muhammad al-Hafsi al-Muradi, several Deys of Tunis, the Turkish militia in Tunis and the Dey of Algiers.
Ibrahim Sharif was Bey of Tunis from 1702 to 1705, during the period of crisis which brought an end to the Muradid dynasty and preceded the rise to power of Husayn I Bey.
Usta Murad was a corsair captain and later Dey of Tunis from 1637 until his death.
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