Cyrenaica

On the coast of eastern Libya, a Greek Colony-Kingdom founded from Thera in the 7th century BCE. The interior just behind the coastal settlements was the scene of intense fighting during WWII between FM. Montgomery and FM Rommel.

Ruler Name	Start Year	End Year	Notes	Dynasty	Kingdom
To Libya-Egypt	c. 635 BCE	c. 630 BCE			Cyrenaica
Battus I	c. 632 BCE	c. 600 BCE		Battiad Dynasty	Cyrenaica
Arcesilaus I	c. 600 BCE	c. 583 BCE		Battiad Dynasty	Cyrenaica
Battus II Eudaemon	c. 583 BCE	c. 554 BCE		Battiad Dynasty	Cyrenaica
Arcesilaus II the Cruel	c. 554 BCE	c. 550 BCE		Battiad Dynasty	Cyrenaica
Learchus the Usurper	c. 550 BCE	c. 550 BCE		Battiad Dynasty	Cyrenaica
Battus III the Lame	c. 550 BCE	c. 525 BCE		Battiad Dynasty	Cyrenaica
Arcesilaus III	c. 530 BCE	515 BCE	Persian Vassals		Cyrenaica
Battus IV the Handsome	515 BCE	465 BCE			Cyrenaica
Arcesilaus IV	465 BCE	440 BCE			Cyrenaica
To Republic of Cyrene	440 BCE	331 BCE			Cyrenaica
To Macedon	331 BCE	322 BCE			Cyrenaica
Thibron of Sparta	323 BCE	322 BCE			Cyrenaica
To Egypt	322 BCE	308 BCE			Cyrenaica
Ptolemy I Soter	322 BCE	313 BCE	Pharoah of Egypt	Ptolemaic Dynasty	Cyrenaica
Ophellas	313 BCE	308 BCE			Cyrenaica
Magas	308 BCE	258 BCE			Cyrenaica
Demetrius the Handsome	258 BCE	257 BCE			Cyrenaica
To Republic of Cyrene	257 BCE	246 BCE			Cyrenaica
To Egypt	246 BCE	240 BCE			Cyrenaica
Ecdelos	240 BCE	240 BCE			Cyrenaica
Demophanes	240 BCE	240 BCE			Cyrenaica
To Egypt	240 BCE	205 BCE			Cyrenaica
Philemon	205 BCE	204 BCE			Cyrenaica
To Egypt	204 BCE	200 BCE			Cyrenaica
To Numidia	200 BCE	149 BCE			Cyrenaica
To Egypt	149 BCE	116 BCE			Cyrenaica
Ptolemy Aspion	116 BCE	110 BCE			Cyrenaica
Nikostratos the Tyrant	110 BCE	110 BCE			Cyrenaica
Ptolemy Aspion	r. 110 BCE	96 BCE			Cyrenaica
To Roman Republic	96 BCE	37 BCE	Independent port from 96 BCE-75 BCE		Cyrenaica
To Egypt	37 BCE	30 BCE			Cyrenaica
Cleopatra Selene	34 BCE	30 BCE			Cyrenaica
To Roman Republic	30 BCE	27 BCE			Cyrenaica
To Roman Empire	27 BCE	395 CE			Cyrenaica
To Byzantine Empire	395	670			Cyrenaica
Unknown	670	647			Cyrenaica
To Caliphate	647	879			Cyrenaica
Oqba ibn Nafi'i al-Fihri	647	654			Cyrenaica
Unknown	654	658			Cyrenaica
Oqba ibn Nafi'i al-Fihri	r. 658	666			Cyrenaica
Ruwaifi' ibn Thabit al-Ansari	666	667			Cyrenaica
Zoheïr ibn Kaïs al-Balawi	667	?			Cyrenaica
Ibrahim ibn an-Nasirani	?	c. 697			Cyrenaica
Talid al-Fata (the Slave)	c. 697	c. 718			Cyrenaica
Fehd ibn Kathir	c. 718	752			Cyrenaica
Abu 'Awn 'Abd al-Malik ibn Yezid	752	753			Cyrenaica
Unknown	753	757			Cyrenaica
Ibn Dabbes	757	765			Cyrenaica
Abd as-Salem as-Sabaï	765	?			Cyrenaica
Unknown	?	830			Cyrenaica
Isa ibn Mansur	830	842			Cyrenaica
Muhammed ibn 'Abdaweïh al-Jili	842	871			Cyrenaica
Muhammed ibn Harthama ibn A'yun	871	875			Cyrenaica
Ahmed ibn Issa as-Sa'di	875	876			Cyrenaica
Muhammed ibn Farrukh al-Farghani	876	876			Cyrenaica
Shu'ba ibn Kharriken	876	879			Cyrenaica
al-'Abbas ibn Ahmed ibn Tulun	879	881	Leader during revolt.		Cyrenaica
To Egypt	881	910			Cyrenaica
To Fatimids	910	1004			Cyrenaica
Abu an-Nasir Ahmed ibn Salih	910	910			Cyrenaica
Kheïr al-Mansuri	910	916			Cyrenaica
Abu Medyen ibn Farrukh al-Lahissi	916	918			Cyrenaica
Aflah an-Nashib al-Kutami	918	?			Cyrenaica
Unknown	?	1000			Cyrenaica
Yanus as-Sigilli	1000	?			Cyrenaica
Unknown	?	1004			Cyrenaica
Sandal al-Aswad (the Black)	1004	1004			Cyrenaica
Abu Rakwa	1004	1007	Leader during revolt.		Cyrenaica
Unknown	1007	?			Cyrenaica
Mukhtar ibn al-Kassim	?	1029			Cyrenaica
Mukarreb ibn Mafi	1029	1048			Cyrenaica
Jabara ibn Mukhtar	1048	1049			Cyrenaica
Madhi ibn Mukarreb	1049	1049			Cyrenaica
To Banu Suleïm Tribe	1049	1172			Cyrenaica
Sharaf al-Din Karakush al-Mudhaffari an-Nassiri	1172	1182			Cyrenaica
To Banu Suleïm Tribe	1182	c. 1359			Cyrenaica
Sayf ad-Din 'Ata Allah ibn 'Azzaz	1264	?			Cyrenaica
Unknown	?	?			Cyrenaica
Ja'far ibn 'Umar al-Ja'fari	?	?			Cyrenaica
To Egypt	c. 1359	1517			Cyrenaica
Arif ibn 'Amru	c. 1350	c. 1375			Cyrenaica
Amru ibn 'Arif	c. 1375	c. 1400			Cyrenaica
To Ottoman Empire	1517	1911			Cyrenaica
To Italy	1911	1941			Cyrenaica
Great Britain Occupation	01/1941	04/1941			Cyrenaica
German Occupation	04/1941	11/1941			Cyrenaica
Great Britain Occupation	r. 11/1941	06/1942			Cyrenaica
German Occupation	r. 06/1941	12/1942			Cyrenaica
Great Britain Occupation	r. 1943	1945			Cyrenaica
Anglo-French Occupation	1945	1951			Cyrenaica
To Libya	1951	Present			Cyrenaica

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