The British Relationships with province Tunis …The Growing Centre in the Struggle with France in the Mediterranean (1762-1830)

Abstract

This research aims to clarify the level of the relationships that has evolved tremendously between Britain and province Tunis in the late of eighteenth century to the year of 1830, the century  that  witnessed the growth of British Empire and its superiority in Europe and  the fall  the French power during  the time period that follows the  death of King Luis XVI, and the relationships between the two parties were influenced by the  increasing conflict among the great European powers in Europe while the conflict was drawn into the spheres of influence around the World, including the province in question.

            The British tried as much as possible to extend its influence over the coast of North Africa, benefited from its good relationships with Ottoman Empire which governs those provinces, Britain sought to secure its trade and spheres of influence through alliances with governors of North Africa in an effort to banish France as much as possible from the region although France is geographically  the nearest to the region of North Africa, so Britain sought to use the province of Tunis as one of its important centers to counterattack the French influence.