2) Alexander, Harold Rupert Leofric George, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Alexander, Harold Rupert Leofric George, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis, (lef´rik) (KEY) , 1891-1969, British field marshal. His long military career began with service...

3) Ibn Khaldun. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Ibn Khaldun, (i´bn khaldoon´) (KEY) , 1332-1406, Arab historian, b. Tunis. He held various offices under the rulers of Tunis and Morocco and served (1363) as ambassador...

4) Duggah. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Duggah, or Dougga (both: doo´g) (KEY) , village, Tunisia, SW of Tunis. It is a tourist spot noted for the ruins of the ancient city of Thugga, including a Punic mausoleum...

5) Bruce, James. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...James, 1730-94, Scottish explorer in Africa. He explored Roman ruins in N Africa (1755) from Tunis to Tripoli and visited Crete, Rhodes, and Asia Minor. In 1768 he...

6) Carthage, ancient city, N Africa. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...(KEY) , ancient city, on the northern shore of Africa, on a peninsula in the Bay of Tunis and near modern Tunis. The Latin name, Carthago or Cartago, was derived...

7) Cambon, Pierre Paul. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
..., 1843-1924, French diplomat; brother of Jules Martin Cambon. Named resident minister to Tunis in 1882, he conceived and organized the new Tunisian protectorate under...

8) Eaton, William. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...for his exploit in the Tripolitan War, b. Woodstock, Conn. Captain Eaton was sent to Tunis as consul in 1798 and learned much about the Barbary States. When he returned...

9) Morrice, James Wilson. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Abandoning law, he went to Paris, where he studied painting. He visited Venice, Trinidad, Tunis, and periodically returned to Canada. Admired for his subtle coloring...

10) Nicolle, Charles Jules Henri. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...He worked with P. P. E. Roux in Paris and was director of the Pasteur Institute in Tunis from 1903 and professor at the College de France, Paris, from 1932. He worked...