Karamanli dynasty

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Was an dynasty that ruled Ottoman Tropolitiania. It was a nominal Ottoman possession, being independent in practice. The last Karamanli ruler was deposed in 1832, restoring direct Ottoman control.

Establishment

January 1712: In 1711 Turkish officer Ahmed Bey Karamanli, overthrew the pasha of Tripoli and founded a dynasty that governed Tripoli for the next 124 years. Karamanli recognized the nominal Ottoman suzerainty, however Lybia was practically independent.

Chronology

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1. 1711 Karamanli coup

A popular revolt at the end of a period of civil war in Tripolitania led by the Turkish officer Ahmed Karamanli against the ruling Tripolitanian bey, in which Karamanli seized control of Tripoli and installed himself as the head of the Karamanli dynasty, which ruled over Tripolitania, Cyrenaica, and Fezzan for 124 years as a semi-autonomous Ottoman province.

2. Barbary Wars

were a series of two wars fought by the United States, Sweden, and the Kingdom of Sicily against the Barbary states (including Tunis, Algiers, and Tripoli) of North Africa in the early 19th century. The wars were largely a reaction to piracy carried out by the Barbary states.

2.1.First Barbary War

Was a conflict in which the United States and Sweden fought against Tripolitania after the latter had requested a tributary payment in exchange for a cessation of Tripolitatian commerce raiding at sea.

May 1805: The Americans capture the city of Derna in May 1805.

June 1805: A peace agreement is reached between the United State and the "Barbary state" of Tripoli. End of the First Barbary War.

Disestablishment

January 1833: When the ruler of Tropolitania, Yusuf, abdicated in 1832 in favor of his son Ali II, a civil war erupted. Ottoman Sultan Mahmud II sent in troops ostensibly to restore order, but instead deposed and exiled Ali II, marking the end of both the Karamanli dynasty and an independent Tripolitania.