This city's ruling class was overthrown in a coup led by Ahmed Pasha, who established its Karamanli dynasty.
This city's ruling class was overthrown in a coup led by Ahmed Pasha, who established its Karamanli dynasty. The USS Intrepid was downed during a blockade of this city's harbor, and this city's ruling family was defeated at the Battle of Derna; those events are cited in the second line of the US Marines' Hymn which refers to this city's shores. Its rulers fought the US in the First Barbary War, and King Idriss ruled out of this city before he was deposed in the September revolution led by Muammar Ghaddafi. For 10 points, identify this city, the capital of Libya.
This city's ruling class was overthrown in a coup led by Ahmed Pasha, who established its Karamanli dynasty.
Tripoli [or Tarabulus; accept Tripolitana]