Baron Rodolphe d'Erlanger , a French - naturalized Bavarian living near Tunis , commission a collection of ancient works , working with Ali al - Darwish of Aleppo .
After the fall of the Ottoman Empire , Tunisia became a French protectorate and the declining malouf was revitalized .
Baron Rodolphe d'Erlanger , a French - naturalized Bavarian living near Tunisia , commission a collection of ancient works , working with Ali al - Darwish of Aleppo .
After the fall of the Ottoman Empire , Tunisia became a French protectorate and the declining malouf was revitalized .