Chakir Saheb Ettabaâ
| Abu Muhammad Rashid al-Shakir Sahib al-Taba'a أبو محمد رشيد شاكير صاحب الطابع |
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| 5th Head of Government of Tunisia | |
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In office 1829 – 1837 |
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| Monarch |
Hussein II Bey Mustafa Bey |
| Preceded by | Hussein Khodja |
| Succeeded by | Mustafa Sahib at-Taba'a |
| Keeper of the Seals | |
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In office 1824–1835 |
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| Succeeded by | Mustafa Sahib at-Taba'a |
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| Born | c.1790 Circassia |
| Died | 11 September 1837 Le Bardo, Tunisia |
| Nationality | Tunisian |
Abu Muhammad Rashid al-Shakir Sahib al-Taba'a (أبو محمد رشيد شاكير صاحب الطابع), born around 1790 and died 11 September 1837 at Le Bardo, was a Tunisian politician of Circassian origin.
A mameluke of Hammuda ibn Ali, of high rank in the palace at Le Bardo, he passed into the service of the prince Hussein as Keeper of the Seals and secretary when he became crown prince again in 1815. He accompanied him several times in the military column charged with collecting tribute from the Tunisian tribes and became his son-in-law.
When Hussein acceded to the throne in 1824, it was entirely natural that al-Shakir Sahib al-Taba'a became his Grand Vizier and councillor (in 1829). However he had to deal with the powerful commander in chief of the army and son-in-law- of Mahmud Bey, general Slimane Kahia. Shakir Sahib al-Taba'a was an important supporter of the policy of autonomy from the Ottoman Empire which Hussein II attempted to institute. Likewise, during the French conquest of Algeria, he strongly encouraged the Bey not to break relations with France, but to attempt to profit from Paris and the French consul at Tunis, whose influence on the Bey grew ever greater. He restored, for a time, the finances of the state - at the price of violent exactions and extortions from the producers and exporters of olive oil. He allied with the Makhzen family of Ben Ayed in an export enterprise which became the source of his fortune. As a result, the Djellouli family, previously empowered by an alliance with Yusuf Sahib al-Tabi found themselves in difficulty as a result of the economic crisis of 1830, fell deep in debt and were completely bankrupt ten years later; the son of Mahmoud Djellouli sought refuge in Malta for several years and while he regained his family's administrative roles he did not return to the commercial ventures which were the source of their fortune.
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