Muhammad V an-Nasir ( ar, محمد الناصر بن محمد باي), commonly known Naceur Bey (

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, 14 July 1855 –

, 8 July 1922)Akram Ellyas et Benjamin Stora, ''Les 100 portes du Maghreb : l'Algérie, le Maroc, la Tunisie. Trois voies singulières pour allier islam et modernité'', éd. Atelier, Paris, 1999, p. 236 was the son of

Muhammad II ibn al-Husayn Mohammed Bey ( ar, أبو عبد اله محمد باشا باي) or M'hamed Bey (18 September 1811 – 22 September 1859)Ibn Abi Dhiaf, ''op. cit.'', p. 293 was the eleventh Husainid Bey of Tunis, ruling from 1855 until his death. He was the s ...

and the fifteenth Husainid

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, ruling from 1906 until his death. He was named Divisional General of the Beylical army when he became

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(Heir Apparent) on 11 June 1902, and assumed the rank of Marshal when he succeeded Muhammad IV al-Hadi on 11 May 1906. The reign of Naceur Bey saw increasing tension between the authorities of the French Protectorate and the Tunisian population. Shortly before he succeeded as Bey, the Thala-Kasserine Disturbances broke out and a few years later the discontent escalated to include major incidents such as the Jellaz Affair and the Tunis Tram Boycott. The French managed to secure from him a decree expelling the leaders of the

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, Ali Bach Hamba, Hassan Guelati, Mohamed Nomane and

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from the country in March 1912. Increasingly dissatisfied with the way the authorities were treating the Destour, in April 1922 he threatened to abdicate if France did not meet their demands, including the repeal of French laws on

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. In response, the French Resident General

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surrounded the Bey's palace with troops in order to put pressure on him not to do so.Kenneth J. Perkins, ''A History of modern Tunisia'', éd. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2004, p. 82
/ref> With his hand forced, he complied with the wishes of the French.
Humiliated by this experience, he died on 8 July. He was buried in the mausoleum of Tourbet el Bey in the

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. He was succeeded by his cousin

Muhammad VI al-Habib Muhammad VI al-Habib ( ar, محمد الحبيب باي, ), commonly known as Habib Bey (13 August 1858 in Le Bardo – 13 February 1929 in Carthage) was the sixteenth Husainid Bey of Tunis, reigning from 10 July 1922 until 11 February 1929. Hi ...

and his oldest son, Moncef Bey became Bey in 1942.

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