List of colonial heads of Fezzan

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This is a list of colonial heads of Fezzan, a desert region in south-western Libya.

(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)

Term Incumbent Notes
918 Foundation of the Sultanate of Fezzan
1212 Annexed by Bornu
13?? Independence regained
1580 to 1582 Incorporated into Ottoman Empire
1612 to 1614 Incorporated into Ottoman Empire
1623 to 1626 Incorporated into Ottoman Empire
1689 to 1689 Incorporated into Ottoman Empire
Awlad Muhammad Dynasty
1789 to 1804 Sultan Sharif Muhammad ibn al-Mansur al-Hakim
1804 to 1811 Sultan Sharif Muhammad ibn al-Mansur al-Muntasir
1811 to 1831 Sultan Yusuf al-Mukkani Usurper
Banu Sulayman Dynasty
1831 to 1842 Sultan Sayf an-Nasr ‘Abd al-Jalil ibn Rad
1843 Incorporated into Ottoman Empire
1911 Annexed by Italy
1 January 1934 Incorporated into Libya
1946 United Nations administration
24 December 1951 Incorporated into Libya
1946 to 12 February 1950 Ahmad Sayf an-Nasr, Hakim
12 February 1950 to 24 December 1951 Ahmad Sayf an-Nasr, Wali (Chef du territoire)