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  • Omar al-Mukhtar

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  • history omar mukhtar libya
  • Omar al-Mukhtar

    Libyan resistance leader (–)

    Omar al-Mukhtar
    عُمَر الْمُخْتَار

    Asad Al-Sahra (أسد الصحراء) or "Lion of the Desert"

    In office
    Succeeded byPost abolished
    In office
    [1]
    Succeeded byPost abolished
    In office
    24 April – 16 September [2]
    Preceded byIdris Al-Senussi
    Succeeded byYusuf Borahil
    Born()20 August
    Benghazi, Eyalet of Tripolitania, Ottoman Empire
    Died16 September () (aged&#;73)
    Soluch concentration camp, Benghazi, Italian Cyrenaica
    Resting placeSuluq
    NationalityOttoman, Libyan
    ChildrenMuhammad
    Parent(s)

    Al-Mukhtar ibn Muhammad (father)
    Aisha bint Muharib (mother)

    OccupationRuler of Senussi Zawiyas
    Known forLeading Arab native resistance to Italian colonization of Ottoman Tripolitania
    ReligionSunni Islam[3]
    Signature
    Nickname(s)Shaykh ash-Shuhadā'
    شَيخ الشُّهَدَاء, Sheikh of the Martyrs
    AllegianceSenussi Order
    Branch/serviceSenussid Military Adwar
    Years&#;of service

    –, as ruler of Ayn Kalk in Western Sudan (Chad)
    –, as ruler of Zawiyat Laqsur in Cyrenaica
    –, as Commander of all Senussid Military Adwar

    Battles/wars

    ʿUmar al-Mukhtār Muḥammad bin Farḥāt al-Manifī (Arabic: عُمَر الْمُخْتَار

    OMAR AL MUKHTAR:

    THE LIFE AND HISTORY of a libyan hero

    From until the end of WWII, the Libyan people struggled for freedom from their Italian colonizers. The Libyan resistance was led by the indomitable Omar Al Mukhtar: ‘The Desert Lion’. This exhibit is dedicated to the remembrance of his life, the Libyans who perished in the struggle for freedom, and to all peoples who have fought for freedom against their colonizers.   Authored and edited by S. Rodwell & S. Shennib

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    • the early years of omar al mukhtar

      The early years of Omar Al Mukhtar were marked by poverty and harsh desert conditions, made harder still by the early death of his parents.

    • Al Mukhtar, Islam and the Senussi Order

      From onwards, Omar Al Mukhtar spent several intermittent years at the Jabal Al Akhdar Lodge, the primary Senussi lodge for the Abid tribe, where he continued his Quranic studies, and took on a formative role as a Senussi Sheikh and arbiter of justice of the Abid tribe.

    • The Senussi Order

      Omar Al Mukhtar belonged to the Senussi Order, also known as the ‘Sanusiya’, or ‘Sanusi’, a conservative Sufi religious and political movement, founded in by Sayyid Muhammad ibn Ali al-Sanusi.

    • THE FRENCH - CHAD WAR of

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