On 14 January 1928 he became the Bey al-Mahalla (crown prince) of Tunis, and thus the lieutenant-general of the Beylical Army, and became bey upon the death of his cousin Muhammad VI al-Habib.
The last person to carry this title was Prince Husain Bey, Bey al-Mahalla, heir apparent to Tunisia from 1955 until the abolition of the monarchy in 1957.
Bey Logan | Bey | bey | Andy Bey | Abdurrahim bey Hagverdiyev | İsmail Hakkı Bey | Bey al-Mahalla | Turhan Bey | Radu Gioan Bey | Osman Hamdi Bey | Nariman bey Narimanbeyov | Muhammad Khayr Bey | Mehmet Arif Bey | Husain Bey, Crown Prince of Tunisia | Hamza Bey Mosque | Hakim Bey's | Frédéric Bey | El-Mahalla El-Kubra | Cemil Bey | Bohdan Khmelnytsky (''left'') with Tugay Bey | Bey (title) | Bey-sur-Seille | Aslan-Bey Shervashidze | Ambasse bey | Ali Kemal Bey |
On 1 October 1955, Husain Bey Gouta was invested as the heir apparent of the Beylik of Tunis, receiving the title Bey al-Mahalla, meaning Bey of the Camp.