Bey al-Mahalla

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Bey al-Mahalla ({{langx|ar|باي المحلّة}}) meaning Bey of the Camp, was a title for the heir apparent to throne of the Beylik of Tunis.{{cite book |last1=Brown |first1=Carl |title=The Tunisia of Ahmad Bey, 1837-1855 |date=2015 |publisher=Princeton University Press |isbn=9781400847846 |page=128 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=R0l9BgAAQBAJ&dq=bey+al+mahalla&pg=PA128 |access-date=3 November 2024}}{{cite book |last1=Clancy-Smith |first1=Julia |title=Rebel and Saint Muslim Notables, Populist Protest, Colonial Encounters (Algeria and Tunisia, 1800-1904) |date=2023 |publisher=University of California Press |isbn=9780520920378 |page=143 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=c6i6EAAAQBAJ&dq=bey+al+mahalla&pg=PA143 |access-date=3 November 2024}} The title was given to the most senior member of the Beylical family after the reigning Bey.{{cite web |last1=بن يوسف |first1=عادل |title=محمّد الرشيد باي: الحاكم المتسـامح والشـاعر والموسِيقِيّ الموهوب (1710-1759) |url=https://ar.leaders.com.tn/article/5366-%D9%85%D8%AD%D9%85-%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B1%D8%B4%D9%8A%D8%AF-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AD%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%85-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%AA%D8%B3%D9%80%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%AD-%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B4%D9%80%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%B1-%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B3-%D9%8A%D9%82-%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%88%D9%87%D9%88%D8%A8-1710-1759 |website=Leaders.com.tn |publisher=Leaders.com |access-date=3 November 2024}} The title came the style of Highness. The last person to carry this title was Prince Husain Bey, Bey al-Mahalla, heir apparent to Tunisia from 1955 until the abolition of the monarchy in 1957. From Tunisia's independence on March 20, 1956 he was given the new title of Crown Prince.

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