Tripolitanian Republic
Tripolitanian Republic | |||||||||
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| 1918–1922 | |||||||||
| Capital | ʽAziziya | ||||||||
| Common languages | Arabic, Berber | ||||||||
| Religion | Islam | ||||||||
| Government | Directorial republic | ||||||||
• Wali | Ramadan al-Suwayhili | ||||||||
• Wali | Sulayman al-Baruni | ||||||||
• Wali | Ahmad al-Murayid | ||||||||
• Wali | 'Abd al-Nabi Bilkhayr | ||||||||
| Historical era | Interwar period | ||||||||
• Established | November 16, 1918 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 1922 | ||||||||
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The Tripolitanian Republic (Arabic: الجمهورية الطرابلسية, al-Jumhuriyat at-Trabulsiya), was a short-lived Arab republic that declared independence from Italian Tripolitania after World War I. Although the Tripolitanian leaders presented their case at the 1919 Paris Peace Conference, they failed to secure support from Allied powers, and the republic was never internationally recognized. It ultimately collapsed due to internal divisions among its leaders, tribal rivalries, and lack of a unified military force, and Italy reasserted control over the colony in the early 1920s.