TRIPOLI OF BARBARY
Our Maltese community, established in Tripoli from the beginning of the 1800s underwent periods of the different dominations from the Turkish to the Italian which was followed by the British, then Gaddafian revolution.
The Maltese Community in Tripoli
In the first decades of the 1800s some Maltese pioneers left Malta venturing to Tripoli of Barbary, as it was then known, they decided to settle there with their families. Gradually other families of various backgrounds moved to this city confident of improving their prospects.
This was how the Maltese community in Tripoli started to form. From then my forefathers established themselves firmly in Tripoli, and stayed there for several generations.
Like us, Maltese families had settled in Tripoli since then, founding a community very well respected by the Turkish authorities for their energetic enterprising spirit combined with an ability to co-exist in peaceful harmony. From these intrepid pioneers were born the first Tripolitans of Maltese descent. Among these were:
CINI Michele born in Tripoli on 24.9.1844
LANZON Felice born in Tripoli on 25.1.1849
TALIANA Giovanni born in Tripoli on 30.5.1852
CARABOT Tommaso born in Tripoli on 29.8.1855
The Maltese Community was made up of merchants (traders), contractors, shopkeepers, builders, bakers, fishermen, bricklayers, carpenters, woodworkers etc; The merchants reached out into several fields going as far as the most remote villages, following the caravans with their horses. Others sailed on ships, exporting pure bred Arab horses to Italy and importing utensils and provisions. From Malta, they imported seeds and other goods; others conducted their affairs within and in the outskirts of the walls of the city.
To this hard-working Community were united, as the years went by, some Maltese families coming from Tunis, several Italian, Spanish and Greek families. Also some Armenians who had originally arrived as slaves of the Turks and were later freed with full civil rights but without the right to nationality. They were in fact stateless.
TO BE CONTINUED .......................
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Our Maltese community, established in Tripoli from the beginning of the 1800s underwent periods of the different dominations from the Turkish to the Italian which was followed by the British, then Gaddafian revolution.
The Maltese Community in Tripoli
In the first decades of the 1800s some Maltese pioneers left Malta venturing to Tripoli of Barbary, as it was then known, they decided to settle there with their families. Gradually other families of various backgrounds moved to this city confident of improving their prospects.
This was how the Maltese community in Tripoli started to form. From then my forefathers established themselves firmly in Tripoli, and stayed there for several generations.
Like us, Maltese families had settled in Tripoli since then, founding a community very well respected by the Turkish authorities for their energetic enterprising spirit combined with an ability to co-exist in peaceful harmony. From these intrepid pioneers were born the first Tripolitans of Maltese descent. Among these were:
CINI Michele born in Tripoli on 24.9.1844
LANZON Felice born in Tripoli on 25.1.1849
TALIANA Giovanni born in Tripoli on 30.5.1852
CARABOT Tommaso born in Tripoli on 29.8.1855
The Maltese Community was made up of merchants (traders), contractors, shopkeepers, builders, bakers, fishermen, bricklayers, carpenters, woodworkers etc; The merchants reached out into several fields going as far as the most remote villages, following the caravans with their horses. Others sailed on ships, exporting pure bred Arab horses to Italy and importing utensils and provisions. From Malta, they imported seeds and other goods; others conducted their affairs within and in the outskirts of the walls of the city.
To this hard-working Community were united, as the years went by, some Maltese families coming from Tunis, several Italian, Spanish and Greek families. Also some Armenians who had originally arrived as slaves of the Turks and were later freed with full civil rights but without the right to nationality. They were in fact stateless.
TO BE CONTINUED .......................
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