Whakakihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: Ko nga putake o te whare rangatira he tawhito pea i te timatanga o te Phoenician o Oea i te rautau 7 BCE; kua kitea e nga keri nga toenga mai i nga wa o Roma. Ka rite ki te rohe e karapoti ana, i riro i te rangatiratanga o Vandal huri noa i te 439,
I whakahokia mai e te Emepaea o Roma i te 534, i takahia e Amr ibn al-As i te 642 ranei 643, i whakahokia mai e nga Byzantines na ano e te Umayyad Caliphate i te mutunga o te rautau 7; i raro i te mana o nga Abbasid Caliphates (750-800), te Aghlabid Emirate o Ifriqiya (800-909), te Fatimid Caliphate (10th century) nana nei i whakahou hei whare rangatira, te Zirid Emirate o Ifriqiya me Banu Khazrun (11th century-1146), te Norman Kingdom of Africa (1146-58), te Almohad Caliphate (1158-1229), te Hafsid Emirate o Ifriqiya (1234-1321), te Ammar Beni (1321-1401) me te Hafsid Emirate (1401-1510, me tetahi atu waahi i waenga o te rautau 15th).