RT Article
T1 Archaeology and Cultural Policy in Ottoman Tunisia Part II: Muhammad Khaznadar (1871–99)
JF Muqarnas
VO 38
IS 1
SP 223
OP 252
A1 Moumni, Ridha
LA English
YR 2021
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1781873348
AB Abstract This article is the second part of a study focusing on Muhammad Khaznadar’s role in the history of archaeology in nineteenth-century Tunisia. Whereas part I traced the meteoric rise of Muhammad Khaznadar as a Tunisian cultural figure, the second part of this inquiry examines Khaznadar’s fall from power and the end of his monopoly over the country’s antiquities. Following the dismissal of his father, Mustafa Khaznadar, as grand vizier in 1873, Muhammad’s artifacts were seized by the bey. The Khaznadar collection then attracted the attention of the new grand vizier, Khayr al-Din (1873–78). Influenced by the activities of Muhammad Khaznadar, Khayr al-Din sought to create a national museum of antiquities. However, this project came to an end with Khayr al-Din’s dismissal and the subsequent arrival of French colonizers, who established the Bardo Museum (then called the Alaoui Museum) in 1888. The historical narrative written by the French colonial authority erased the memory of prominent Tunisian archaeologists and collectors who had been active in the preceding decades. This article seeks to highlight the important contributions of local Tunisians to the development of archaeological research and policies surrounding Tunisian cultural heritage in the nineteenth century.
K1 heritagization
K1 Maghrib
K1 Ottoman Empire
K1 Colonialism
K1 World’s Fair
K1 collecting
K1 Archaeology
K1 Khaznadar
K1 Bardo Museum
K1 Carthage
K1 Tunisia
K1 North Africa
DO 10.1163/22118993-00381P08