Omar Mukhtar
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Omar Mukhtar was a Libyan resistance leader and national hero who led a long guerrilla campaign against Italian colonial rule in the early 20th century.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
guerrilla leader
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human ⓘ national hero ⓘ resistance leader ⓘ |
| birthCountry | Ottoman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1862 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Zawiyat Janzur NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthRegion | Cyrenaica NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Suluq NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | execution by hanging ⓘ |
| commemoratedAs | symbol of Libyan national resistance ⓘ |
| commemoratedIn | Libyan national holidays and memorials ⓘ |
| countryOfActivity | Libya NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deathCountry | Italian Libya NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1931-09-16 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Suluq NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deathRegion | Cyrenaica NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Arabs
ⓘ
surface form:
Arab
|
| executionOrderedBy | Italian colonial authorities ⓘ |
| familyName | al-Mukhtar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | Omar al-Mukhtar ibn Farhat NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Omar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ideology | anti-colonialism ⓘ |
| knownFor |
leadership of the Senussi resistance in Cyrenaica
ⓘ
leading guerrilla warfare against Italian colonial rule in Libya ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | Arabic ⓘ |
| legacy |
icon of anti-colonial struggle in the Arab world
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inspiration for later Libyan independence movements ⓘ |
| memberOf | Senussi order NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryConflict |
Italian colonization of Libya
ⓘ
Italo-Senussi conflict NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement | Libyan resistance to Italian colonization ⓘ |
| name | Omar Mukhtar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | Libyan ⓘ |
| nickname | Lion of the Desert NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
military leader
ⓘ
religious scholar ⓘ teacher ⓘ |
| opponent |
Italian colonial authorities in Libya
ⓘ
Kingdom of Italy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Anthony Quinn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrayedIn | film "Lion of the Desert" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regionOfActivity | Cyrenaica NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| roleInOrganization | religious teacher in the Senussi order ⓘ |
| trialBy | Italian military tribunal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| yearsActive | c. 1911–1931 ⓘ |
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