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M'hamed Chenik

محمد شنيق

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Tunis

Tunisian politician and businessman (1889–1976) who headed the government twice: under Moncef Bey in 1943, and again from 1950 to 1952 under Lamine Bey, leading the negotiating government with France. In 1922 he founded the Tunisian Credit Cooperative, the first Tunisian bank; he presided over the Tunisian Chamber of Commerce from 1921 to 1942 and founded the STUFIT spinning and weaving company in 1939, directing it until his death.

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Politician · businessman
Region
Maghreb
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The Colonial Era · The Contemporary Era · The Modern Era Contemporaries: Idris of Libya · Mohamed Salah Ben Mrad · Uzair Gul Peshawari · Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani · Mian Abdul Rashid

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Tunis

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    Tunis

    People and things also explored

    al-Zaytuna Mosque· Khayr al-Din takes Tunis (1534)· Charles V's conquest of Tunis (1535)· Louis IX's siege of Tunis (the Eighth Crusade)· Abu Zakariya al-Hafsi's break with the Almohads· The 'alama affair: Ibn al-Abbar dismissed, confined, then pardoned at Tunis, ~645/1247· Ibn al-Abbar finishes al-Takmila li-Kitab al-Sila at Tunis, ~650/1252· Ibn al-Abbar's embassy to the sultan of Ifriqiya for beleaguered Valencia, 635/1238

    Sources

    • M'hamed Chenik — French Wikipedia
    • M'hamed Chenik — Arabic Wikipedia
    • M'hamed Chenik — English Wikipedia
    • M'hamed Chenik — Wikidata
    Cite this page

    islam.museum contributors. “M'hamed Chenik”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/mhamed-chenik/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-01.

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    al-Zaytuna Mosque

    Draft card for the Zaytuna Mosque of Tunis, the Umayyad-Aghlabid congregational mosque that became the seat of Maliki learning in Ifriqiya; al-Muqaddasi describes it among the city's landmarks, the page not yet checked.