The Duchy of Bengasi, also known as Hapsburg Africa or Hapsburg Cyrene, was a North African state in the 19th century. Founded in 1827 following the Hapsburg expulsion from Egypt, the duchy began as a city-state contained within the port city of Bengasi (spelled Benghazi in modern context) itself, it soon contained most of the territory between Ottoman-backed Egypt and French-controlled Algeria.
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