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    Idris (Arabic: إدريس, romanized: Idrīs, Muhammad Idris bin Muhammad al-Mahdi as-Senussi; 13 March 1890 – 25 May 1983) was King of Libya from 24 December...
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  • Idris bin Abdullah al-Senussi (Arabic: ادريس بن عبد الله السنوسي; born 1957) is a member of the family of Idris, Libya's former UN-appointed king. While...
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    until 1843. Senussi went to Mecca, where he joined Ahmad ibn Idris al-Qadiri, the head of the Qadiriyya, a renowned religious fraternity. Senussi furthermore...
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    as-Senussi (1890–1955, the brother of the then emir of Cyrenaica, Idris of Libya) and his tenth wife Imbaraika al-Fallatiyya. He was educated at Al-Taj...
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    Arab Mnifa tribe, belonging to the Senussi (who were seen as Libyan Ashrafs clan just like Emir or King Idris es Senussi), before eventually becoming chief...
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    Senussi military campaign launched by Muhammad ibn Ali as-Senussi. Al-Sanūsī's grandson Idrīs I ruled as king of Libya from 1951 to 1969. Al-Senussi was...
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    King Idris did not have any sons. As a result, King Idris appointed his brother and Mohammed El Senussi's grandfather, Muhammad Rida Al-Mehdi al-Senoussi...
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    Libya. It was designed by Omar Faiek Shennib and approved by King Idris Al Senussi who comprised the UN delegation representing the three regions of Cyrenaica...
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    by this defeat, as-Senussi conceded the leadership of the Senussi order to his 26-year-old cousin Mohammed Idris (later King Idris I of Libya), who conducted...
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    President of the Libyan National Assembly under the reign of King Idris Al Senussi. Shennib was the patriarch of the House of Shennib, a notable Libyan...
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    mosque and palace. The later Senussi and Libyan leader King Idris was born here. In 1895 following interference by the Ottomans Al-Mahdi moved again, much...
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    member of the Senussi house and a member of the National Transitional Council representing political prisoners. He is a grandcousin of King Idris of Libya...
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    to rebellions led by the nomadic Senussi. Sheikh Sidi Idris al-Mahdi as-Senussi (later King Idris I), of the Senussi, led Libyan resistance in various...
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  • is to serve my people as much as I can.” A cousin of El Senussi, Idris bin Abdullah al-Senussi, claims that he is the rightful heir to the throne, although...
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    independent kingdom on 24 December 1951, with Idris al-Senussi becoming King Idris. Since 1 September 1969, when the Senussi dynasty was overthrown by Colonel Muammar...
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    Fatimah el-Sharif (category Senussi dynasty)
    after marriage Fatimah as-Senussi (فاطمة السنوسي, 2 April 1911 – 3 October 2009), was Queen of Libya as the wife of King Idris from 1951 until the 1969...
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    by Ramadan al-Shtaiwi, invaded Tripolitania. The Senussi routed a Bedouin group led by Sayed Safi al-Din at Bani Walid before Sayed Idris recalled the...
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    forced to recognize Senussi leader Sayid Idris as Emir of Cyrenaica and grant him autonomy. In 1922, Tripolitanian leaders offered Idris the position of Emir...
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    when Sayyid Idris unilaterally proclaimed Cyrenaica an independent Senussi emirate on 1 March 1949, backed by the United Kingdom. Sayyid Idris proclaimed...
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    Nasserist officers in the Libyan Army, which overthrew the Senussi monarchy of King Idris I and resulted in the formation of the Libyan Arab Republic...
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    King Idris and established the Libyan Arab Republic. Under the constitution of October 1951, the federal monarchy of Libya was headed by King Idris as chief...
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    Mohammad Hayya al-Sindhi, scholar Imam Shamil, Muslim leader and freedom fighter from the Caucasus Muhammad Sayyid Tantawy, scholar Idris of Libya, King...
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  • Order of Idris I (Nishan al-Idris) was founded by Sayyid Muhammad Idris as-Senussi, Emir of Cyrenaica, in 1947. The Emir later became King Idris I in December...
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    carried out the 1969 Libyan coup d'état, which overthrew the Senussi monarchy of King Idris I, ending the Libyan monarchy. It was led by a twelve-member...
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    as the Free Officers movement which deposed the Western-backed Senussi monarchy of Idris in a 1969 coup. After taking power, Gaddafi converted Libya into...
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    ibn Idris al-Fasi, a Moroccan scholar from Fez, who was head of a religious fraternity (tariqa) at Mecca. Sayyid Muhammad was educated partly at Al-Azhar...
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    Italian Tripolitania (category Second Italo-Senussi War)
    was expecting Italian arrival. Sheikh Sidi Idris al-Mahdi as-Senussi (later King Idris I), of the Senussi, led Libyan resistance in various forms through...
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    Jaghbub (redirect from Al Jaghbub)
    ensue over what to do about Jaghbub. In 1920, Muhammad Idris bin Muhammad al-Mahdi as-Senussi was able to make a deal with Italy to make himself Amir...
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    President of the Libyan National Assembly under the reign of King Idris Al Senussi. Sheikh Singapore Sayyid Omar Shennib was the patriarch of the current...
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  • legitimate heir to the Senussi Crown Prince Mohammed El Senussi, son of Crown Prince Hasan as-Senussi and nephew of late King Idris, to lead Libya according...
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