ABSTRACT
This chapter on the pasha-bey of Tunis will not deal with the policies or with the functions and responsibilities entrusted to Óamm≠da Pasha as supreme power-holder in the Regency. Various aspects of the bey’s prerogatives in the army and administration of the province will, in any case, be brought to our attention in our following study of these two institutions. The present chapter will, rather, probe the link between the Tunisian pasha-bey and the central government in Istanbul from the perspective of Ottoman legality and protocol. Following the introductory analysis on the evolution of Ottoman policy as concerns beylical succession in the Regency during the period of our concern, the various sections of this chapter will successively deal with: the ceremony of investiture of Óamm≠da ibn Al⁄; his titles, emblems of power and formal privileges; and the organization of his household in the Bård≠ palace.
