Rosario Pisani

Rosario Pisani (La Calle, 1880 – Fez, 1952), was a French Captain of Northern African descent who fought against the Ottoman Empire in World War I.

[3] The French military mission in charge of fighting the Ottoman Empire was commanded by Colonel Édouard Brémond.

[4] A French officer, Pisani, had arrived from Morocco to command 200 North African soldiers in the Arab Uprising.

He took Captain Pisani hoping to train him and some Syrians to take over these raids as they took up a lot of time.

During this raid, he settled "twelve cases of assault, four camel-thefts, one marriage settlement, fourteen feuds, two evil eyes, and a bewitchment.

Colour photo of people posing for a photo
Emir Faisal's delegation at Versailles , during the Paris Peace Conference of 1919 . Left to right: Rustam Haidar , Nuri as-Said , Prince Faisal , Captain Rosario Pisani(behind Faisal), T. E. Lawrence , Feisal's personal slave (name unknown), Captain Tahsin Kadry.
French Captain Rosario Pisani while helping with the Arab Revolt, Albert-Kahn collection, The Archives of the Planet