The
Karamanli,
Caramanli,
Qaramanli, or
al-Qaramanli dynasty was an independent or quasi-independent, who ruled from 1711 to 1835 in
Tripolitania (
Tripoli and its surroundings in present-day
Libya). At their peak, the Karamanlis' influence reached
Cyrenaica and
Fezzan, covering most of Libya. The founder of the dynasty was Pasha
Ahmed Karamanli, a descendant of the
Karamanids. The most well-known Karamanli was
Yusuf ibn Ali Karamanli Pasha who reigned from 1795 to 1832, who fought a war with the
United States in (1801–1805). Ali II Karamanli marked the end of the dynasty.