Senussi resistance movement

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The Senussi resistance movement was an anti-colonial Islamic and tribal guerrilla movement in Libya that fought Italian occupation in the early 20th century.

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instanceOf Islamic movement
Libyan resistance movement
anti-colonial movement
guerrilla movement
activeIn Cyrenaica NERFINISHED
Fezzan NERFINISHED
Tripolitania NERFINISHED
conflict Italian conquest of Libya NERFINISHED
Pacification of Libya NERFINISHED
Senussi Campaign NERFINISHED
country Libya
enemy Italian Royal Army NERFINISHED
Italian colonial authorities in Libya
ethnicBase Arab tribes of Cyrenaica
Berber and Tuareg groups in the south
followedBy emergence of Kingdom of Libya
goal defense of Islamic institutions
expulsion of Italian forces from Libya
preservation of tribal autonomy
hasLeader Ahmad al-Sharif al-Senussi NERFINISHED
Idris al-Senussi NERFINISHED
Omar Mukhtar NERFINISHED
headquarters Cyrenaican interior
historicalRegion Italian Libya NERFINISHED
ideology Islamic reformism
anti-imperialism
influenced Libyan nationalism
inspiredBy Senussi order NERFINISHED
locatedIn Libya NERFINISHED
mainOpponent Kingdom of Italy NERFINISHED
notableFigure Idris I of Libya NERFINISHED
Omar Mukhtar NERFINISHED
opposed Italian colonization of Libya
Italian occupation of Cyrenaica NERFINISHED
Italian occupation of Tripolitania NERFINISHED
partOf Libyan resistance to Italian rule
precededBy Ottoman rule in Libya NERFINISHED
religion Sunni Islam
significantPeriod Italo-Turkish War NERFINISHED
World War I NERFINISHED
interwar period
startTime early 20th century
supportedBy local Bedouin tribes
tribal confederations of Cyrenaica
usedBase oases of eastern Libya
usedLanguage Arabic
usedTactics guerrilla warfare
hit-and-run attacks
tribal raiding

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Pacification of Libya opponent Senussi resistance movement