Tripolitanian Republic
Tripolitanian Republic (Arabic: الجمهورية الطرابلسية, al-Jumhuriyat at-Trabulsiya), was an Arab republic that declared the independence of Tripolitania from Italian Libya after World War I.
Tripolitanian Republic الجمهورية الطرابلسية | |||||||||
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| 1918–1922 | |||||||||
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 Tripolitanian Republic in Green | |||||||||
| Capital | ‘Aziziya | ||||||||
| Common languages | Arabic , Berber | ||||||||
| Religion | Islam | ||||||||
| Government | Republic | ||||||||
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• | Ramadan al-Suwayhili. Ahmad Tahir al-Murayyid[1] | ||||||||
| Historical era | Interwar period | ||||||||
• Established | November 16 1918 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 1922 | ||||||||
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Background
The proclamation of the Tripolitanian Republic in autumn 1918 was followed by a formal declaration of independence at the 1919 Paris Peace Conference. The idea began in the city of Misrata following a meeting of Sulayman al-Baruni, Ramadan Asswehly, Abdul Nabi Belkheir and Ahmad Almarid. This was the first formally declared republican form of government in Libya, but it gained little support from international powers and disintegrated by 1923.
Italy managed to establish full control over Libya by 1930. Originally administered as part of a single colony, Italian Tripolitania was a separate colony from 26 June 1927 to 3 December 1934, when it was merged into Libya.
Further reading
- Anderson, Lisa (1982). Joffe, George; MacLachlan, Keith (eds.). "The Tripoli Republic". Social and Economic Development of Libya. Wisbeck: Menas Press. ISBN 9780906559109.