Mohamed Larbi Zarrouk

Mohamed Larbi Zarrouk , (born October 29, 1822, Le Bardo, died June 4, 1902, Medina), was a Tunisian politician.

Family background He was born into a Sharifian family of landowners from Béja. His grandfather Mohamed Larbi Zarrouk Khaznadar, Minister of Finance and then Principal Minister, had been executed in 1822. The repression in the Sahel following the Mejba Revolt in 1864 was carried out by General Ahmed Zarrouk, a Mamluk of Greek origin who had been freed and adopted by his grandfather.

Career Having become a civil servant, Mohamed continued the career of his father, Mohamed Zarrouk, administrator of the Beylical palaces under the reign of Ahmad Bey.

Fiercely hostile to the establishment of the French protectorate during the signing of the Treaty of Bardo, he fled to the chancellery of the United Kingdom, from where he succeeded in reaching Istanbul thanks to the support of the British consul. He ended his days in Medina, where he is buried.