Muhammad ibn Ali al-Sanusi
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| Muhammad ibn Ali al-Sanusi | |
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| Founder of the Sanusi order | |
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| Born | 1787 Mostaganem, Regency of Algiers |
| Died | 1859 (aged 71–72) Jaghbub, Libya, Ottoman Tripolitania |
| Issue | Muhammad al-Mahdi as-Senussi |
| Father | Ali al-Sanusi |
| Religion | Islam |
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]
Life
[edit]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]
Family tree
[edit]| 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
References
[edit]- ^ "Al-Sanūsī | Islamic religious leader". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 2018-08-10.
- ^ Shillington, Kevin (2005) "Libya: Muhammad Al-Sanusi (c.1787–1859) and the Sanusiyya" Encyclopedia of African History Fitzroy Dearborn, New York, p. 830-831, ISBN 1-57958-245-1
- ^ Juan Eduardo Campo (2009). Encyclopedia of Islam. Infobase Publishing. p. 443. ISBN 978-1-4381-2696-8.
- ^ Paolo Sensini (2016). Sowing Chaos Libya in the Wake of Humanitarian Intervention. SCB Distributors. p. 15. ISBN 978-0-9860853-8-3.
- ^ MARTIN, B. G. (1992). "A FUTURE SANUSI CALIPHATE? MUHAMMAD ʿALI AL-SANUSI AND HIS "DURAR AL-SANIYA"". Journal of Asian History. 26 (2): 160–168. ISSN 0021-910X. JSTOR 41930867.
Sources
[edit]- S. Khuda Bukhsh, Studies Indian and Islamic, Routledge 2001, p. 28 ISBN 0-415-24464-1 [1] (retrieved 26-09-2011)
