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Tripoli (Libya)

طرابلس الغرب

City on Libya's Mediterranean coast, one of the principal cities of the Islamic Maghrib, distinguished from Tripoli in Lebanon by the name al-Gharb.

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Maghreb
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Overview

A city on Libya's western coast, among the metropolises of the Islamic Maghreb; it is distinguished from Tripoli of Syria by the epithet "of the West.

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Under the rule of
Dragut (Turgut Reis)
Site of
Conquest of Tripoli and Barqa (22 AH)

People and things also explored

Piyale Pasha's attack on Djerba (967/1560)· Great Siege of Malta (973/1565)· Amr ibn al-As· Conquest of Tripoli and Barqa (22 AH)· Dragut (Turgut Reis)

Sources

  • Mu'jam al-buldan (Yaqut al-Hamawi), Cairo 1907
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islam.museum contributors. “Tripoli (Libya)”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/tarabulus-al-gharb/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-22.

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Piyale Pasha's attack on Djerba (967/1560)

The Ottoman fleet under Piyale Pasha attacked the island of Djerba in Ramadan 967/May 1560 and achieved its aims against the Spanish, who did not scruple to call in France; then, at Dragut's persuasion, he turned to Tripoli to crush the rising near Tajura, entering it like a conqueror with enemy flags drooping from his masts.