Muhammad ibn Ali al-Sanusi
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Muhammad ibn Ali al-Sanusi 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
al-Sanusi in the 1850s
Idris of Libya
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Idris was King of Libya from 24 December 1951 until his ousting in the 1969 Libyan revolution. He ruled over the United Kingdom of Libya from 1951 to 1963, after which the country became known as simp
Muhammad ibn Ali al-Sanusi
…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. Al-Sanusi was born in al-Wasita near Mostaganem, Algeria in 1787, and was named al-Sanusi after Muhammad ibn…
King Idris with then-U.S. Vice-president Richard Nixon (March 1957)
King Idris on the cover of the Libyan Al Iza'a magazine, 15 August 1965
King Idris meeting President Nasser of Egypt
King Idris with Mohamed Ben Ghalbon towards the end of his life