Qualla: Ksar Said Palace https://qualla.com/ksar-said-palace en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:30 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_res/siteimages/rsslogo.png Qualla: Ksar Said Palace https://qualla.com/ksar-said-palace Ksar Said Palace: Introduction https://qualla.com/ksar-said-palace/ One table, two signatures, eighty-three years apart. On May 12, 1881, Muhammad III Sadiq Bey sat in the Ksar Said Palace and signed the Treaty of Bardo, placing Tunisia under French protection and ending centuries of autonomous rule. On May 12, 1964 -- at the same table, in the same palace -- President Habib Bourguiba signed the decree nationalizing farmlands held by French colonists. The symmetry was deliberate. History, at Ksar Said, has a way of circling back.

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]]> Fri, 13 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/s/n/x/1/ksar-said-palace-wp/snx1-ksar-said-palace-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Ksar Said Palace: Intrigue and a New Name https://qualla.com/ksar-said-palace/ The palace originally belonged to Ismail Es-Sounni, a high-ranking dignitary of the Husainid dynasty and brother-in-law to two successive beys. In 1867, Es-Sounni was accused of plotting against Muhammad III Sadiq Bey and executed. The bey confiscated the palace, renamed it Ksar ...

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]]> Fri, 13 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/s/n/x/1/ksar-said-palace-wp/snx1-ksar-said-palace-intrigue-and-a-new-name.mp3 0:06 2 full Ksar Said Palace: Italian Marble and Tunisian Craft https://qualla.com/ksar-said-palace/ Ksar Said embodies the cultural syncretism of nineteenth-century Tunisia. European influence dominates the general architecture -- the first floor became the noble level, housing both ceremonial salons and the bey's private apartments. Walls are covered in ceramic tiles mainly im...

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]]> Fri, 13 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/s/n/x/1/ksar-said-palace-wp/snx1-ksar-said-palace-italian-marble-and-tunisian-craft.mp3 0:06 3 full Ksar Said Palace: From Hospital to Heritage https://qualla.com/ksar-said-palace/ The palace's later history reflects Tunisia's own transformations. In 1951, the last bey, Lamine Bey, converted Ksar Said into a hospital, later renamed Aboulkacem-Chabbi Hospital. An attempt in 1981 to establish a museum of modern Tunisian history in the palace was repeatedly po...

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