18th century
Occupation of Ali Burghul
1793·Tripoli
The toll is reproduced exactly as the source states it — never rounded, never added to another. Tolls overlap from one event to the next.
the community ransomed, notables executed and property confiscated
Ali Burghul, an adventurer from the East, seized Tripoli and ruled it for the duration of an occupation. The Jewish community was ransomed, its notables executed, its property confiscated.
This was the second time in a short span that Tripoli endured an ordeal of this kind, and the mechanism was the same as in Morocco: an unstable power needed money quickly, and the Jewish community was the easiest resource to seize — visible, localized, unarmed and without external recourse. The restoration of the Karamanli dynasty would put an end to the occupation, but the community would emerge from it utterly drained.
- Period :
- 18th century
- Type :
- Military repression
- Region :
- Egypt and Maghreb
- Country :
- Libye
Chroniques de Tripoli de Barbarie ; archives consulaires.