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The arid interior of western Libya.
Ruler Name | Start Year | End Year | Notes | Dynasty | Kingdom |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Garamantes | ? | ? | Fezzan | ||
To Roman Empire | 19 BCE | 395 CE | Fezzan | ||
To Western Roman Empire | 395 | 428 | Fezzan | ||
Kingdom of Phazana | ? | ? | Fezzan | ||
To Caliphate | 667 | 918 | Fezzan | ||
To Banu-Khattab | ? | ? | Fezzan | ||
Sharaf al-Din Karakush | 1190 | 1195 | al-Ghuzzi Dynasty | al-Ghuzzi Dynasty | Fezzan |
Yahya ibn Ghaniya | 1195 | 1209 | al-Ghuzzi Dynasty | Fezzan | |
To Kanem | 1209 | 1578 | al-Ghuzzi Dynasty | Fezzan | |
Nesur Tribe | 1209 | ? | Ruled on behalf of Kanem-Bornu. | al-Ghuzzi Dynasty | Fezzan |
Khorman Tribe | ? | ? | Overthrew Nesur and traded population as slaves. | Fezzan | |
Beni Muhammad | ? | 1578 | Derived from Moroccon Sharif who broke power of Khorman. | Fezzan | |
To Ottoman Empire | 1578 | 1831 | Fezzan | ||
al-Mustansir ibn Muhammad | 1566 | 1580 | Fezzan | ||
an-Nasir | 1580 | 1599 | Fezzan | ||
al-Mansur | 1599 | 1612 | Fezzan | ||
Tahir I | 1614 | 1623 | Moved to Tripoli. | Fezzan | |
Muhammad I | 1626 | 1658 | Fezzan | ||
Nagib | 1658 | 1682 | Fezzan | ||
Muhammad II an-Nasir | 1682 | 1689 | Fezzan | ||
Muhammad al-Mukni | 1689 | 1689 | Fezzan | ||
Temmam | 1689 | 1689 | Fezzan | ||
Muhammad III | 1689 | 1690 | Fezzan | ||
Ali al-Mukni | 1690 | 1690 | Fezzan | ||
Muhammad IV an-Nasir | 1690 | 1709 | Fezzan | ||
Ahmad I | 1709 | 1767 | Fezzan | ||
Tahir II | 1767 | 1776 | Fezzan | ||
Ahmad II al-Munsur | 1776 | 1789 | Fezzan | ||
Sharif Muhammad ibn al-Mansur al-Hakim | 1789 | 1804 | Fezzan | ||
Sharif Muhammad ibn al-Mansur al-Muntasr | 1804 | 1811 | Fezzan | ||
Yusuf al-Mukkani | 1811 | 1831 | Usurper | Fezzan | |
Sayf an-Nasir 'Abd al-Jalil ibn Rad | 1831 | 1842 | Berber; opposed by Jumah ibn Khalifa. | Fezzan | |
Jumah ibn Khalifa | 1835 | 1842 | ibn Khalifa dynasty; opposed by Sayf an-Nasir. | ibn Khalifa Dynasty | Fezzan |
To Ottoman Empire | 1842 | 1854 | ibn Khalifa Dynasty | Fezzan | |
Bekir Pasha | 1842 | 1846 | Viceroy | ibn Khalifa Dynasty | Fezzan |
Hasan Pasha al-Bal'azi | 1846 | 1855 | ibn Khalifa Dynasty | Fezzan | |
Jumah ibn Khalifa | r. 1854 | 1856 | ibn Khalifa dynasty. | ibn Khalifa Dynasty | Fezzan |
To Ottoman Empire | 1856 | 1914 | ibn Khalifa Dynasty | Fezzan | |
Halim Pasha | 1859 | 1865 | Viceroy | ibn Khalifa Dynasty | Fezzan |
Hamid Bey | 1865 | 1865 | Acting Viceroy. | ibn Khalifa Dynasty | Fezzan |
Halim Pasha | r. 1865 | 1870 | ibn Khalifa Dynasty | Fezzan | |
Unknown | 1870 | ? | ibn Khalifa Dynasty | Fezzan | |
Mustafa Faik Pasha | ? | 1882 | ibn Khalifa Dynasty | Fezzan | |
Unknown | 1882 | 1900 | ibn Khalifa Dynasty | Fezzan | |
Mahmud Bey | 1900 | c. 1906 | ibn Khalifa Dynasty | Fezzan | |
Samih Bey | c. 1906 | 1909 | ibn Khalifa Dynasty | Fezzan | |
Unknown | 1909 | 1914 | ibn Khalifa Dynasty | Fezzan | |
To Italy | 1914 | 1915 | Fezzan | ||
Berber Raiders | 1915 | 1929 | Fezzan | ||
To Italy | 1929 | 1943 | Fezzan | ||
Italo Balbo | 1934 | 1940 | Marshal of the Air. | Fezzan | |
Rodolfo Graziani | 1940 | 1941 | Marshal. | Fezzan | |
Italo Gariboldi | 03/1914 | 07/1941 | General. | Fezzan | |
Ettore Bastico | 07/1941 | 02/1943 | Marshal | Fezzan | |
Giovanni Messe | 02/1943 | 05/1943 | Acting General. | Fezzan | |
Allied Military Occupation | 1943 | 1945 | Fezzan | ||
Ango-French authority | 1945 | 1951 | Fezzan | ||
To Libya | 1951 | Present. | Fezzan |
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