Muhammad III as-Sadiq

Muhammad III. al -Husayn (GCB ) (* 1814, † October 28, 1882 in Bardo, Arabic أبو عبد الله محمد الصادق باشا باي, Abū ʿ Abd Allāh Muḥammad DMG Sadiq Basa Bay) was as Sadok Bey from 1859 until his death Bey of Tunis.

Life

Muhammad III. was the son of Husain al -Husayn II and brother of his predecessor Bey Muhammad II al -Husayn (1855-1859), whose official successor was appointed on 10 June 1855. On the same day he was appointed a major general in the Ottoman army, after the commencement of his reign, he was promoted on 10 December 1859 Marshal. As the oldest member of the family of the dynasty of Husainiden he began his reign on 21 September 1859 as Bey, from 25 October 1871, he was until his death Bey and ruler of the kingdom of Tunis.

In the year of his reign commencement has been agreed with France to set up a telegraph lines. Although the " fundamental act " had already come under his predecessor fierce resistance, renewed Muhammad III. 1861 this by submitting the first modern Arab state on April 23, 1861. You curtailed his rights as Bey and promised a separation of government, legislation and case law. The legal procedure changed, a supreme jurisdiction should arise. The Europeans granted constitutional and Jewish citizens with the same rights as the local Muslims. Under the revised statutory requirements also they were allowed to buy land, so that the influx of European population increased and the trade with France should be revived. The Constitution, however, not entered into force and was suspended after the outbreak of riots against the introduction of tax money in 1864. Despite good reforms Muhammad III. presented the economic strength of the country ultimately not enough to implement them. A fundamental revitalization of the economy to its European competitors did not succeed. Rather, the national debt rose to such an extent that Tunisia in 1869 came under the financial control of France, England and Italy.

In the aftermath General Khayr al-Din al - Tunusi tried to reorganize the administration and to combat corruption as Grand Vizier ( 1873-1877 ). For this reason, modern schools were established to train people for a new efficient administrative machinery can. When at- Tunusi again increasingly leans against the Ottoman Empire to assert the independence of Tunisia, he was forced to abdicate. Now, had Muhammad III. in the Bardo Treaty ( 1881) the French protectorate over Tunisia acknowledge after the country had been occupied by French troops.

Mohammad III. died at his palace in Bardo a natural death, he was buried in the mausoleum Tourbet El Bey in the medina of Tunis. His younger brother Ali III. al -Husayn was from 1882 to 1902 his successor as Ali III. Bey of Tunis.

Honors

• Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (1865 )
• Knight of the Spanish Order of the Golden Fleece (1870 )