Muhammad IV al-Hadi, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Bey of Tunis
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Place of Birth: Le Bardo, Tunis Governorate, Tunisia
About Muhammad IV al-Hadi
- Muhammad El Hadi Bey (Arabic: ???? ?????? ??? ?? ????), commonly referred to as Hédi Bey (Le Bardo, 24 June 1855 – Carthage, 11 May 1906) was the son of Ali III ibn al-Husayn and the fourteenth Husainid Bey of Tunis, ruling from 1902 until his death.He was named Bey al-Mahalla (Heir Apparent) on 3 December 1898 and succeeded as Bey of Tunis on the day of his predecessor's death, 11 June 1902, at a ceremony in the throne room of the palace in Tunis, in the presence of the French resident.
- Before the French protectorate of Tunisia the Ottoman sultan had bestowed honorific military ranks on the Bey of Tunis and his Heir Apparent.
- Hédi Bey did not receive such an honour, but was instead made Divisional General of the Beylical Guard when he became Heir Apparent, and became Marshal on his accession.
- Following a dispute in 1904 with the French Resident General Stephen Pichon over the dismissal of his Grand Vizier Mohammed Aziz Bouattour, he suffered a stroke which caused paralysis of his lower limbs.
- Shortly before his death, the first violent resistance to authority since the start of the protectorate took place in the Thala-Kasserine Disturbances. He died in his palace at Carthage Dermech and was buried in the Tourbet el Bey mausoleum in the medina of Tunis.
- He was succeeded by his cousin Muhammad V an-Nasir.
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