The coastal region of what is today
Libya was ruled by the
Ottoman Empire from 1551 to 1911, as the
Eyalet of Tripolitania (
Eyalet-i Trâblus Gârb) or
Bey and Subjects of Tripoli of Barbary from 1551 to 1864 and as the
Vilayet of Tripolitania (
Vilâyet-i Trâblus Gârb) from 1864 to 1911. It was also known as the
Kingdom of Tripoli, even though it was not technically a kingdom, but an Ottoman province ruled by
pashas (governors). The
Karamanli dynasty ruled the province as
de facto hereditary monarchs from 1711 to 1835, despite remaining under nominal Ottoman rule.