Senusiyya (redirect from Muhammad bin Ali al-Senussi)
The Senusiyya, Senussi or Sanusi (Arabic: السنوسية, romanized: as-Sanūssiyya) are a Muslim political-religious Sufi order and clan in Libya and surrounding...
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The Senussi campaign took place in North Africa from November 1915 to February 1917, during the First World War. The campaign was fought by the Kingdom...
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Abdullah Senussi (/əbˈdʌlə ɑːl səˈnuːsi/ əb-DUL-ə ahl sə-NOO-see) is a Libyan national who was the intelligence chief and brother-in-law of former Libyan...
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Idris of Libya (redirect from Sayyid Muhammed Idris el-Mahdi es-Senussi)
(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 1951 until...
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Mohammed El Senussi (Arabic: محمد السنوسي; Sayyid Mohammed er-Rida bin Seyyed Hasan er-Rida el-Mahdi es-Senussi; occasionally spelled as "...Al Senussi", "as-Senussi"...
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The Second Italo-Senussi War, also referred to as the Pacification of Libya, was a conflict that occurred during the Italian colonization of Libya between...
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Ahmed Sharif as-Senussi (Arabic: أحمد الشريف السنوسي) (1873 – 10 March 1933) was the supreme leader of the Senussi order (1902–1933), although his leadership...
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Sayyid Hasan ar-Rida al-Mahdi as-Senussi (August 1928 – 28 April 1992) was the Crown Prince of the Kingdom of Libya from 26 October 1956 to 1 September...
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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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(1914–1918) between the Central Powers and the Entente and its allies. The Senussi of Libya sided with the Ottoman Empire and the German Empire against the...
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Omar al-Mukhtar (category Second Italo-Senussi War)
of Libya. A teacher-turned-general, Omar was a prominent figure of the Senussi movement and is considered the national hero of Libya and a symbol of resistance...
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The First Italo-Senussi War (1911–17) was a conflict between the Kingdom of Italy and the Senussi for control of Libya, primarily in Cyrenaica. It had...
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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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Muhammad ibn Ali al-Sanusi (redirect from Sayyid Muhammad bin 'Ali as-Senussi)
Muhammad ibn Ali as-Senussi (Arabic: محمد بن علي السنوسي; in full Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī al-Sanūsī al-Mujāhirī al-Ḥasanī al-Idrīsī) (1787–1859) was an Algerian...
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Muhammad Al Mahdi bin Sayyid Muhammad es Senussi (Arabic: محمد المهدي بن سيدي محمد السنوسي), also Sayyid Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn Muhammad al-Mahdi Ali...
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The Senussi Cave Railway was a 400 yards (370 m) long, 2 feet (610 mm) narrow gauge railway that was built in 1941 during the Siege of Tobruk at the Senussi...
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al-Senussi, also known as Zubeir Ahmed El-Sharif (Arabic: أحمد الزبير الشريف السنوسي; born 1934)[citation needed] is a Libyan member of the Senussi house...
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Central Powers (section Senussi Order)
Germany, and Grand Senussi Ahmed Sharif as-Senussi declared jihad and attacked the Italians in Libya and the British in Egypt in the Senussi Campaign. In 1915...
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reinforcements led to a revival and by January the Senussi were in south-eastern Cyrenaica. The Senussi had about 10,000 men armed with modern rifles, with...
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Action of Agagia (section Senussi)
Barrani in Egypt on 26 February 1916, during the Senussi Campaign between German and Ottoman-instigated Senussi forces and the British army in Egypt. On 11...
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Jaghbub (section Senussi origins)
founded in the year 1856. In the year of its founding, Muhammad ibn Ali as-Senussi established an important Zawiya there. The Encyclopedia of Africa points...
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of Libya that took place from 1928 to 1932. It was here that the famous Senussi anti-colonial rebel leader Omar Mukhtar was executed by hanging on 16 September...
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The Movement for the Return of Constitutional Legitimacy - Tripoli (section Prince Mohammed El Senussi)
advocate for the 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...
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group known as the Free Officers movement which deposed the Western-backed Senussi monarchy of Idris in a 1969 coup. After taking power, Gaddafi converted...
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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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years during the siege of Medina before surrendering in January 1919. The Senussi tribe, along the border of Italian Libya and British Egypt, incited and...
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Tripolitania and Fezzan, but Senussi influence was strongest in Cyrenaica. Rescuing the region from unrest and anarchy, the Senussi movement gave the Cyrenaican...
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the late 1915 to fight against the Senussi, a tribal sect of Muslims led by Sayed Ahmed, also known as the Senussi. The devout Muslims were trained in...
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Movement for the Return of Constitutional Legitimacy – Libya (category Senussi dynasty)
reinstatement of the 1951 Constitution and the restoration of the historic Senussi monarchy. Support for the 1951 Constitution emerged from the instability...
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Mohammed Abdullah Senussi (1 May 1981 – 29 August 2011) was the son of former Libyan Intelligence chief Abdullah Senussi.[citation needed] He was also...
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