History omar mukhtar libya
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Omar al-Mukhtar
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Omar al-Mukhtar
Libyan resistance leader (–)
Omar al-Mukhtar | |
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Asad Al-Sahra (أسد الصحراء) or "Lion of the Desert" | |
In office – | |
Succeeded by | Post abolished |
In office –[1] | |
Succeeded by | Post abolished |
In office 24 April – 16 September [2] | |
Preceded by | Idris Al-Senussi |
Succeeded by | Yusuf Borahil |
Born | ()20 August Benghazi, Eyalet of Tripolitania, Ottoman Empire |
Died | 16 September () (aged73) Soluch concentration camp, Benghazi, Italian Cyrenaica |
Resting place | Suluq |
Nationality | Ottoman, Libyan |
Children | Muhammad |
Parent(s) | Al-Mukhtar ibn Muhammad (father) |
Occupation | Ruler of Senussi Zawiyas |
Known for | Leading Arab native resistance to Italian colonization of Ottoman Tripolitania |
Religion | Sunni Islam[3] |
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Nickname(s) | Shaykh ash-Shuhadā' شَيخ الشُّهَدَاء, Sheikh of the Martyrs |
Allegiance | Senussi Order |
Branch/service | Senussid Military Adwar |
Yearsof service | –, as ruler of Ayn Kalk in Western Sudan (Chad) |
Battles/wars | |
ʿUmar al-Mukhtār Muḥammad bin Farḥāt al-Manifī (Arabic: عُمَر الْمُخْتَار
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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.
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