Mohamed Larbi Zarrouk

محمد العربي زروق (Known as "Larbi Zarrouk")

Director of Collège Sadiki, President of the Tunis Municipal Council, Reformer

Born 1822 AD

Tunis, Tunisia

Passed Away 1902 AD Medina (Hejaz), Saudi Arabia

Lifespan 80 years old

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"An unbending patriot who chose exile over subjugation to foreign rule."

Archival Overview

Key reformist statesman who served as director of Collège Sadiki and mayor of Tunis, vehemently refusing to sign the Bardo Treaty in 1881 and choosing patriotic exile in Istanbul and Medina.

Biographical Record

Mohamed Larbi Zarrouk was nephew to Grand Vizier Mustapha Khaznadar but broke with court corruption to champion Khayr al-Din's institutional modernizations. He served as the pioneering director of Collège Sadiki, introducing modern scientific curricula in Arabic and French.

As Mayor of Tunis in 1881, he adamantly rejected the French protectorate, refusing to collaborate with colonial authorities. Fleeing into exile, he spent his remaining decades in Istanbul and Medina advocating for Tunisian independence.

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Final Resting Place

Perpetual Memorial

Al-Baqi Cemetery
Medina (Memorial in Tunis), Saudi Arabia

                         GPS: 24.4672, 39.6156                    

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