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An island of about 200 sq. miles (510 sq. km.) in the Gulf of Gades, along the southern Tunisian coast. It was known in ancient times as Lotophagitis Nasos (Island of the Lotus-Eaters), and thought to be the place where the Hero Odysseus met with that folk whose diet caused amnesia.
Ruler Name | Start Year | End Year | Notes | Dynasty | Kingdom |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
To Carthage | c. 510 BCE | 201 BCE | Djerba | ||
To Numidia | 201 BCE | 146 BCE | Djerba | ||
To Roman Republic | 146 BCE | 27 BCE | Djerba | ||
To Roman Empire | 27 BCE | 395 CE | Djerba | ||
To Byzantine Empire | 395 | 655 | Djerba | ||
To Caliphate | 655 | 649 | Djerba | ||
To Byzantine Empire | r. 649 | 667 | Djerba | ||
To Caliphate | r. 667 | 697 | Djerba | ||
To Byzantine Empire | rr. 697 | 703 | Djerba | ||
To Caliphate | rr. 703 | 800 | Djerba | ||
To Tunis | 800 | 909 | Aghlabids. | Djerba | |
To Fatimids | 909 | 1048 | Djerba | ||
Rebellion | 1038 | - | Djerba | ||
To Zirids | 1048 | 1135 | Djerba | ||
Rebellion | 1098 | - | Djerba | ||
Rebellion | 1115 | - | Djerba | ||
To Sicily | 1135 | 1158 | Djerba | ||
To Morocco | 1158 | 1236 | Almohads. | Djerba | |
To Tunis | 1236 | 1284 | Hafsids. | Djerba | |
To Sicily | r. 1284 | 1333 | Djerba | ||
Roger de Loria I | 1284 | 1305 | Djerba | ||
Roger de Loria II | 1305 | 1307 | Simultaneous with Simon de Montolieu. | Djerba | |
Simon de Montolieu | c. 1305 | 1308 | Governor, co-ruled with Roger de Loria II. | Djerba | |
Roger de Loria II | r. 1284 | 1305 | Simultaneous with Raymond Montaner. | Djerba | |
Raymond Montaner | 1308 | 1315 | Governor, co-ruled with Roger de Loria II. | Djerba | |
Charles de Loria | 1310 | 1310 | Djerba | ||
Francis-Roger de Loria III | 1310 | 1310 | Djerba | ||
Unknown | 1310 | 1333 | Djerba | ||
Independent | 1333 | 1432 | Djerba | ||
To Aragon | 1432 | ? | Djerba | ||
Independent | r. ? | 1520 | Djerba | ||
To Spain | 1520 | 1524 | Djerba | ||
Pirate Occupation | 1524 | 1550 | Djerba | ||
Independent | 1550 | c. 1555 | Djerba | ||
To Ottoman Empire | c. 1555 | 1560 | Djerba | ||
To Spain | 1560 | 1560 | Djerba | ||
Juan de la Cerda, Duque de Medinaceli | 03/1560 | 05/1560 | Djerba | ||
Alvar de Sande | 05/1560 | 07/1560 | Djerba | ||
To Ottoman Empire | r. 1560 | 1871 | Djerba | ||
Abu Yahya Zakariya | ? | ? | Semi-independent Governor. | Djerba | |
Yahya ibn Zakariya | ? | ? | Djerba | ||
Sa'id ibn Yahya | ? | ? | Simultaneous with Ahmed and Saleh. | Djerba | |
Ahmed ibn Yahya | ? | ? | Simultaneous with Sa'id and Saleh. | Djerba | |
Saleh ibn Yahya | ? | ? | Simultaneous with Sa'id and Ahmed. | Djerba | |
To Tunisia | 1871 | 1881 | Djerba | ||
To France | 1881 | 1957 | Djerba | ||
To Tunisia | 1957 | Present | Djerba |
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