Figures
1 Sittī ʿAlawiyya’s shrine xv
2 Inscription at Sittī ʿAlawiyya’s shrine xv
3 Portrait of Sīdī Hāšim 37
4 Keren—Tahil feast funeral prayers for the death of Šayḫ Morgani (holy man) 42
5 The Keren mosque 42
6 Entrance to Sittī ʿAlawiyya’s residence 60
7 Sittī ʿAlawiyya and Sīdī Ǧaʿfar al-Mīrġanī, late 1930 61
8 Sittī ʿAlawiyya, an Italian officer and Sīdī Ǧaʿfar al-Mīrġanī, late 1930 62
9 Sittī Fāṭima al-Mīrġanī 69
10 Red Cross nurses visit Sittī ʿAlawiyya (1936) 79
11 A Red Cross nurse, Sittī ʿAlawiyya, and a child (1936) 80
12 Red Cross nurses, a colonial officer and Sittī ʿAlawiyya (1936) 81
13 East Africa—Bilen Fantasy 90
14 Tripolitania, Gadames—Arabic fantasy 92
15 Keren—Women’s fantasy for the death of Šayḫ Morgani (a holy man), (a) 93
16 Keren—Women’s fantasy for the death of Šayḫ Morgani (a holy man), (b) 93
17 Arabic Fantasy at Sceriffa Alauia’s residence, (a) 99
18 Arabic Fantasy at Sceriffa Alauia’s residence, (b) 99
19 Waiting for the Arabic Fantasy at Sceriffa Alauia’s residence 100
20 Portrait of Sittī ʿAlawiyya 106
21 Sittī ʿAlawiyya and the Princess of Piemonte dressed in Red Cross uniform, with other Red Cross nurses (1936) 108
22 Sittī ʿAlawiyya and Renzo Martinelli at her residence in Hetumlo (1927) 109
23 Sittī ʿAlawiyya and Renzo Martinelli at her residence in Hetumlo (1927) (1930: 52) 110
24 Sceriffa Alauia and her followers 114
25 Said Giafer and his caliphs 114
26 The Duke of the Abruzzi’s travels in Abyssinia. The sceriffa Alaluja El Morgani (sic) pays homage to the Duke of the Abruzzi 118
27 The Duke of the Abruzzi’s travels in Abyssinia. The sceriffa Alaluja El Morgani (sic) pays homage to the Duke of the Abruzzi 119
28 Luce National Institute [1932–37], memories of the Duke of the Abruzzi during his travel in Abyssinia 123
29 A Muslim community welcome ceremony in honour of the Governor Ammiraglio De Feo in Massawa (08/12/1937), (a) 125
30 A Muslim community welcome ceremony in honour of the Governor Ammiraglio De Feo in Massawa (08/12/1937), (b) 126
31 A Muslim community welcome ceremony in honour of the Governor Ammiraglio De Feo in Massawa (08/12/1937), (c) 127
32 Giuseppe Caniglia’s book ‘La Sceriffa di Massaua’ 131
33 Sittī ʿAlawiyya and Mussolini at Palazzo Venezia (Rome) in 1938 132
34 The uncrowned Queen of the Eritrean colony 136
35 ʿAd Šayḫ Mosque in Camcena [Camceua] 146
36 The new mosque in Tesseney (1930s) 146
37 The renovated mosque in Barentu (1930s) 147
38 The school and the mosque, Agordat 147
39 The mosque, Agordat (1930s) 148
40 The New Mosque, Keren (1930s) 148
41 Salvago Raggi School, Keren 149
42 Visit and inauguration of hydraulic works in Tesseney. Meeting with Morgani, 1928, (a) 153
43 Visit and inauguration of hydraulic works in Tesseney. Meeting with Morgani, 1928, (b) 154
44 Visit and inauguration of hydraulic works in Tesseney. Meeting with Morgani, 1928, (c) 154
45 Orthodox Church inauguration with the participation of all religious, civil and military authorities (Massawa, 2 Febrauary 1936) 155
46 Sayyid Ǧaʿfar pays homage to Governor Gasparini, Asmara (1924?) 158
47 The Governor donates a Flobert carbine to the son of the Commissioner Sayyid Ǧaʿfar al-Mīrġanī, Asmara 158
48 Portrait of Sittī ʿAlawiyya (around 1939) 163
49 Visit of East African notables in Rome, late 1930s 164
50 Italian East Africa. Morgani crosses subject regions to collect tributes 170
51 Sayyid Ǧaʿfar rides a camel 171
52 Letter from Sayyid Ǧaʿfar (Keren and Asmara) 173
53 Letter from Sayyid Ǧaʿfar (Keren and Agordat) 174
54 Sittī ʿAlawiyya’s Mosque in Harar 211
55 Qaṣīda (poem) written at Sittī ʿAlawiyya’s death 222
Maps
1 Red Sea region 18
2 Genealogy of the Mīrġanī family and its four main branches 24
3 Mediterranean and Red Sea region 139