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Sanussi السنوسية
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Cyrenaica
Tripolitania
Kingdom of Libya
Place of origin
Libya
Founder
Muhammad ibn Ali al-Sanusi
Current head
Mohammed El Senussi
Idris bin Abdullah al-Senussi (rival claimant)
Final ruler
Idris of Libya
Titles
Emir of Cyrenaica
Emir of Tripolitania
King of Libya
Deposition
1969: Overthrown by Muammar Gaddafi's 1 September Coup d'état
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Map showing the empire of the Sanussi order in 1297 Hijri, 1880 Gregorian
The Senusiyya, Senussi or Sanusi (Arabic: السنوسية, romanized: al-Sanūssiyya) are a Muslim political-religious Sufi order and clan in Libya and surrounding regions founded in Mecca in 1837 by the Grand Sanussi (Arabic: السنوسي الكبيرas-Sanūssiyy al-Kabīr), the Algerian Muhammad ibn Ali al-Sanusi.
During World War II, the Senussis provided vital support to the British Eighth Army in North Africa against Nazi and Fascist Italian forces.
The Grand Senussi's grandson became King Idris I of Libya in 1951. The 1969 Libyan revolution led by Muammar Gaddafi overthrew him, ending the Libyan monarchy.
The movement remained active despite sustained persecution by Gaddafi's government. The Senussi spirit and legacy continue to be prominent in today's Libya, mostly in Cyrenaica.
The Senusiyya, Senussi or Sanusi (Arabic: السنوسية, romanized: al-Sanūssiyya) are a Muslim political-religious Sufi order and clan in Libya and surrounding...
the Senussi, which extended into numerous parts of North Africa. The Senusiyya, or Senussi movement, was a sufi religious revival adapted to desert life...
even after direct Ottoman control was resumed in Tripoli. The indigenous Senusiyya (or Sanusi) Movement, led by Islamic cleric Muhammad ibn Ali al-Sanusi...
Other groups sought to reform Sufism rather than reject it, with the Senusiyya and Muhammad Ahmad both waging war and establishing states in Libya and...
Sanusi may refer to: the Senusiyya, a Sufi order and Libyan dynasty, also spelled Sanusi Muhammad ibn Ali al-Sanusi (1787–1859), founder of the dynasty...
Uadi Bu Taga was fought in Libya in September 1931 between Italy and Senusiyya. The battle ended in a key Italian victory. At the end of the battle the...
settle poor Italian peasants in Libya and crush the resistance of the Senusiyya, led by Omar al-Mukhtar. About 110,000 Libyan civilians were forced to...
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celebrations, presumably the religious prohibition by the Sufi Tariqa of the Senusiyya, which maintained a Zawiya in Adjahil at the beginning of the 20th century...
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