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Muhammad ibn Ali al-Sanusi
Founder of the Sanusi order From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Muhammad ibn Ali al-Sanusi (Arabic: محمد بن علي السنوسي; in full Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī al-Sanūsī al-Mujāhirī al-Ḥasanī al-Idrīsī) (1787–1859) was an Algerian Muslim theologian and leader who founded the Sanusi order in 1837. His militant mystical movement proved very significant and helped Libya to win its freedom from Italy on 10 February 1947. Al-Sanusi's grandson Idrīs I ruled as king of Libya from 1951 to 1969.[1]
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Al-Sanusi was born in al-Wasita near Mostaganem, Algeria in 1787,[2] and was named al-Sanusi after Muhammad ibn Yusuf al-Sanusi, a venerated Muslim teacher active in Tlemcen in the 13th century. He was an Algerian Walad Sidi Abdallah tribesman who claimed descent from the Islamic prophet Muhammad.[3][4][5]
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| Muhammad ibn Ali as-Senussi | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Muhammad as-Sharif as-Senussi | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Muhammad al-Mahdi bin Muhammad as-Senussi | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ahmed as-Sharif as-Senussi | Muhammad al-Abid as-Senussi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Muhammad ar-Reda | King Idris I of Libya | Queen Fatimah as-Sharif | az-Zubayr bin Ahmad as-Sharif | Abdullah bin Muhammad al- Abid as-Senussi | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hasan as-Senussi | Ahmed as-Senussi (member of NTC) | Idris bin Abdullah as-Senussi (claimant) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mohammed as-Senussi | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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