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A port city on the central Tunisian coast, opposite the Kerkennah Islands. Based on two small trading posts in Classical times (Taparura and Thaenae), during the 17th and 18th centuries it was a stronghold of the Barbary pirates.
Ruler Name | Start Year | End Year | Notes | Dynasty | Kingdom |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
To Carthage | c. 510 BCE | 145 BCE | Sfax | ||
To Roman Republic | 146 BCE | 27 BCE | Sfax | ||
To Roman Empire | 27 BCE | 395 CE | Sfax | ||
To Byzantine Empire | 395 | 655 | Sfax | ||
To Caliphate | 655 | 800 | Sfax | ||
To Aghlabids | 800 | 909 | Sfax | ||
Ali ibn Salm al-Bakri | 800 | 909 | Governor. | Aghlabid Dynasty | Sfax |
To Fatimids | 909 | 1048 | Sfax | ||
Nasr ibn Nashita | 909 | 1048 | Governor. | Fatimid Dynasty | Sfax |
To Tunis | 1048 | 1059 | Sfax | ||
Mansur al-Barghawati | 1059 | 1059 | Barghawatid Dynasty | Sfax | |
Abu'l Mansur Fakhr al-Mulik Hammu ibn Melil al-Barghawati | 1059 | 1099 | Barghawatid Dynasty | Sfax | |
To Tunis | 1099 | 1148 | Sfax | ||
Abu'l Futuh ibn Yahya as-Senhaji | 1107 | 1114 | Governor. | Zirid Dynasty | Sfax |
Ali ibn Yahya as-Senhaji | 1114 | 1115 | Governor. | Zirid Dynasty | Sfax |
Abu'l Hassan 'Ali al-Feryani | 1115 | 1148 | Governor. | Zirid Dynasty | Sfax |
To Sicily | 1148 | 1160 | Sfax | ||
Abu Hafs 'Umar ibin 'Ali al-Feryani | 1148 | 1160> | Sicilian Nominee | Sfax | |
To Morocco | 1160> | 1236 | Sfax | ||
Abderrahman ibn Umar al-Feryani | 1160> | 1203 | Governor | Almohad Dynasty | Sfax |
To Tunis | 1236 | 1534 | Sfax | ||
Abu Abdallah Muhammad ibn al-Mu'izz al-Hammi | 1267 | ? | Governor | Hafsid Dynasty | Sfax |
Unknown | ? | 1390 | Governor | Hafsid Dynasty | Sfax |
Abu Hafs 'Umar ibn Ahmed al-Hafsi | 1390 | 1394 | Governor | Hafsid Dynasty | Sfax |
Unknown | 1394 | c. 1448 | Governor | Hafsid Dynasty | Sfax |
Abu Abdallah Muhammad ibn Bechir ibn Ja al-Khair | fl. c. 1448 | ? | Governor | Hafsid Dynasty | Sfax |
Abu Abdallah Muhammad al-Mokni | ? | ? | Governor | Hafsid Dynasty | Sfax |
an-Nawwali | ? | ? | Governor | Hafsid Dynasty | Sfax |
To Ottoman Empire | 1534 | 1535 | Sfax | ||
To Sicily | 1535 | 1539 | Under Spanish Rule. | Sfax | |
To Tunis | 1539 | 1570 | Sfax | ||
To Ottoman Empire | 1570 | 1573 | Sfax | ||
To Sicily | 1573 | 1574 | Under Spanish Rule | Sfax | |
To Ottoman Empire | 1574 | 1881 | Sfax | ||
Ali | 1587 | ? | Ottoman Caïd | Sfax | |
Unknown | ? | 1637 | Ottoman Caïd | Sfax | |
Kassem ibn Fares Tayyeb Boujelban | 1637 | ? | Sfax | ||
Unknown | ? | 1652 | Sfax | ||
Murad | 1652 | ? | Sfax | ||
Unknown | ? | c. 1672 | Sfax | ||
Atiya ibn 'Atiya Jelli | c. 1672 | 1678 | Sfax | ||
Hadj Kassem al-Kaffel | 1678 | ? | Sfax | ||
Khalifa ibn al-Inkishari | ? | ? | Sfax | ||
Muhammad Sabbah | ? | 1686 | Sfax | ||
Abu Abdallah Muhammed | 1686 | ? | Sfax | ||
Unknown | ? | 1696 | Sfax | ||
Abd al-Latif al-Ghurab | 1696 | ? | Sfax | ||
Unknown | ? | 1702 | Sfax | ||
Muhammad al-Masmoudi | 1702 | ? | Sfax | ||
Ahmed ibn Abdelaziz Qabadou | fl. c. 1710 | c. 1725 | Sfax | ||
Ahmed as-Sab'i | 1725 | ? | Husseinid Caïds | Husseinid Dynasty | Sfax |
Unknown | ? | 1729 | Husseinid Dynasty | Sfax | |
Hadj Hammouda ibn Muhammad as-Sab'i | 1729 | ? | Husseinid Dynasty | Sfax | |
Unknown | ? | 1732 | Husseinid Dynasty | Sfax | |
Hadj Hammouda ibn Muhammad as-Sab'i | r. 1732 | ? | Husseinid Dynasty | Sfax | |
Unknown | ? | 1736 | Husseinid Dynasty | Sfax | |
Ali al-Jallouli | 1736 | ? | Husseinid Dynasty | Sfax | |
Unknown | ? | 1751 | Husseinid Dynasty | Sfax | |
Muhammad as-Sayyala | 1751 | ? | Husseinid Dynasty | Sfax | |
Unknown | ? | 1754 | Husseinid Dynasty | Sfax | |
Ahmad ibn Hlila | 1754 | ? | Husseinid Dynasty | Sfax | |
Unknown | ? | 1758 | Husseinid Dynasty | Sfax | |
Abu Abdallah Muhammad al-Asram | 1758 | ? | Husseinid Dynasty | Sfax | |
Unknown | ? | 1760 | Husseinid Dynasty | Sfax | |
Hammouda al-Ghzali | 1760 | ? | Husseinid Dynasty | Sfax | |
Unknown | ? | 1763 | Husseinid Dynasty | Sfax | |
Ali ibn Yanus | 1763 | ? | Husseinid Dynasty | Sfax | |
Unknown | ? | 1770 | Husseinid Dynasty | Sfax | |
Bakkar ibn 'Ali al-Jallouli | 1770 | 1782 | Husseinid Dynasty | Sfax | |
Mahmoud ibn Bakkar al-Jallouli | 1782 | 1802 | Husseinid Dynasty | Sfax | |
Unknown | 1802 | 1807 | Husseinid Dynasty | Sfax | |
Muhammad al-Khayyashi | 1807 | 1808 | Husseinid Dynasty | Sfax | |
Hadj Muhammad al-Kharrat | 1808 | ? | Husseinid Dynasty | Sfax | |
Ahmed Boudideh | ? | 1822 | Husseinid Dynasty | Sfax | |
Bakkar ibn Muhammad al-Jallouli | 1822 | 1823 | Husseinid Dynasty | Sfax | |
Unknown | 1823 | 1828 | Husseinid Dynasty | Sfax | |
Farhat ibn Mahmoud al-Jallouli | 1828 | 1845 | Simultaneous with Ahmed as-Sallami. | Husseinid Dynasty | Sfax |
Ahmed as-Sallami | 1843 | 1845 | Simultaneous with Farhat ibn Mahmoud. | Husseinid Dynasty | Sfax |
Hammouda as-Shbab | 1846 | 1846 | Husseinid Dynasty | Sfax | |
Unknown | 1846 | 1848 | Husseinid Dynasty | Sfax | |
Youssef ibn Bakkar al-Jallouli | 1848 | 1849 | Husseinid Dynasty | Sfax | |
Mustapha as-Shbab | 1849 | 1850 | Husseinid Dynasty | Sfax | |
Hsan as-Saquqli | 1850 | 1852 | Husseinid Dynasty | Sfax | |
Muhammad ibn as-Sheikh | 1852 | 1853 | Husseinid Dynasty | Sfax | |
Unknown | 1853 | 1856 | Husseinid Dynasty | Sfax | |
Saleh ibn 'Ali | 1856 | 1859 | Husseinid Dynasty | Sfax | |
Unknown | 1859 | 1863 | Husseinid Dynasty | Sfax | |
Abdul Mudhaffar Murad | 1863 | 1863 | Husseinid Dynasty | Sfax | |
Hussein (Hassouna) al-Jallouli | fl. c. 1828 | fl. c. 1880 | Unsure of exact dates of governorship, Bruce dates him between 1828-1880. | Husseinid Dynasty | Sfax |
To Tunisia | 1871 | 1881 | Sfax | ||
Muhammad Rashid | 1874 | 1875 | Sfax | ||
Muhammad al-Bakkush | 1878 | 1879 | Sfax | ||
Muhammad al-Jallouli | 1879 | ? | Sfax | ||
To France | 1881 | 1957 | French Protectorate of Tunisia | Sfax | |
as-Sadok al-Jallouli | ? | 1910 | Sfax | ||
To Tunisia | 1957 | Present | Sfax |
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