Name of Object:

Orfella. The kaimacan Mohàmmed-el-Jesir [Qaimaqan Muhammad al-Jazir] and Notables Observe Studies on Subterranean Water of Wadi Beni Ulid Requested from the Italian Mission

Other name of the Object (second name):

Local authorities observing the work of the Italian mission headed by Ignazio Sanfilippo

Name in original language:

Orfella. Il kaimacan Mohàmmed-el-Jesir ed i notabili assistono agli studi chiesti alla missione sulle acque sotterranee dell’uadi Beni-Ulid

Location:

Rome, Italy

Holding Institution:

Italian Geographical Society (SGI)

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Holding Institution (original language):

Società Geografica Italiana (SGI)

Date of Object:

Between 15 July and 15 August 1911

Author:

Ignazio Sanfilippo  (1857-1943)

Description:

In 1911, right before the beginning of Italy’s colonial war in Libya, an expert in sulphur mining, Ignazio Sanfilippo, headed a mission to Libya to look for mineral resources (in particular, for sulphur mines). The mission was sponsored by the Libyan branch of the Banca di Roma (one of the most important Italian banks, which supported Italian colonial expansion in Libya), and it was encouraged by the Italian government. In 1910, Sanfilippo had already headed another Italian mission to Libya. He had been secretly charged by the Minister of Foreign Affairs to look for sulphur mines and the Banca di Roma had helped organising the mission.

Archival or Bibliographical Reference:

Archivio fotografico, UBFC: 216/4/69

Citation of this web page:

Giulia Barrera "Orfella. The kaimacan Mohàmmed-el-Jesir [Qaimaqan Muhammad al-Jazir] and Notables Observe Studies on Subterranean Water of Wadi Beni Ulid Requested from the Italian Mission" in "Sharing History", Museum With No Frontiers, 2025.
https://sharinghistory.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;AWE;it;18;en

Prepared by: Giulia Barrera
Copyedited by: Anne Dowell

MWNF Working Number: IT1 018