Sanūsiyya

Founded Moslem religious brotherhood in Mecque in 1837 by Large Senussi Sayyid Muhammad ibn Ali have-Senussi (1791-1859) which was established in Libya, with the Chad, in Algérie, with the Sudan, the Niger and in Egypt. The brotherhood fought the Italian and French presence and reached the throne in Libya.

Chiefs of the brotherhood

Sayyid Muhammad bin 'Ali have-Senussi (1843 - 1859)
Sayyid Muhammad Al-Mahdi bin Sayyid Muhammad have-Senussi (1859 - 1902)
Sayyid Ahmad have-Sharif bin Sayyid Muhammad have-Sharif have-Senussi (1902 - 1916) (death in 1933)
Sidi Muhammad Idris Al-Mahdi Al-Senussi (1916 - 1969), king de Libye (death in 1983)
Sayyid Hassan rear-Wrinkled Al-Mahdi have-Sanussi (1969 - 1992)
Sayyid Muhammad bin Sayyid Hassan rear-Wrinkled Al-Mahdi have-Sanussi (1992 - nowadays)

See too

Abdullah Senussi
Am Galakka
Omar Mukhtar

External bonds

Genealogy off the Senussi dynasty

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