Muhammad VI al-Habib (Arabic: محمد السادس الحبيب), commonly known as Habib Bey (Arabic: الحبيب باي ; 13 August 1858 in Le Bardo – 13 February 1929 in Carthage)[1] was the sixteenth Husainid Bey of Tunis, reigning from 10 July 1922 until 11 February 1929.
His uncle Muhammad III as-Sadiq took charge of his education and married him to the niece of his Grand Vizier Mustapha Ben Ismaïl, his favourite courtier and mainstay of authority in the Regency of Tunis.
[2] He was made a Divisional General in the beylical army on the same day he became Bey al Mahalla and was promoted to Marshal when he succeeded to the throne.
These initiatives galvanised the Destourians, prompting Habib Bey to advise Abdelaziz Thâalbi to leave the country if he continued to oppose them.
[4] Habib Bey took part in the inauguration of the Grand Mosque of Paris in July 1926 along with Mouley Youssef of Morocco.