Muhammad ibn Ali al-Sanusi
Founder of the Sanusi order
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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 Idris ruled as king of Libya from 1951 to 1969.[1]
Mostaganem, Regency of Algiers
Jaghbub, Libya, Ottoman Tripolitania
| Muhammad ibn Ali al-Sanusi | |
|---|---|
| Founder of the Sanusi order | |
al-Sanusi in the 1850s | |
| Born | 22 December 1787 Mostaganem, Regency of Algiers |
| Died | 2 September 1859 (aged 71) Jaghbub, Libya, Ottoman Tripolitania |
| Issue | Muhammad al-Mahdi as-Senussi |
| Father | Ali al-Sanusi |
| Religion | Islam |
Life
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]