Western Tripoli during the rule of Ahmed Al-Qarmanli (1711-1745)

Abstract

Ahmed Al-Qarmanli (1686-1745) succeeded in reaching power in Tripoli of the west in 1711, establishing an independent hereditary system, while maintaining nominal subordination to the Ottoman state, but he faced countless problems, both internally and externally, in a vast country where local leaders enjoyed With broad powers, but he succeeded in putting down internal revaluations ,Then pay attention to the economic aspect especially which the location his country received, because of its long coast overlooking the Mediterranean Sea, which made it a station for ships and an entrance to the heart of the African continent.