Senussi dynasty

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The Senussi dynasty was a Libyan Islamic religious and political ruling family that led the country to independence under King Idris I in the mid-20th century.

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House of Senussi 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Muslim religious order
royal dynasty
alliedWith United Kingdom during World War II NERFINISHED
alsoKnownAs Sanusi dynasty NERFINISHED
broughtCountryToIndependence Libya NERFINISHED
capitalDuringRule Tripoli NERFINISHED
country Libya
ethnicBackground Arab NERFINISHED
foundedBy Muhammad al-Sanusi NERFINISHED
Muhammad ibn Ali al-Sanusi NERFINISHED
foundedIn 1837
19th century
founderTitle al-Sayyid al-Mahdi al-Sanusi NERFINISHED
headBecameMonarch Idris I of Libya NERFINISHED
houseName House of Senussi NERFINISHED
ideology Islamic reformism
anti-colonial resistance
IdrisIBecame King of Libya NERFINISHED
independencePeriod mid-20th century
influenceRegion Chad NERFINISHED
Eastern Libya NERFINISHED
Sahara NERFINISHED
Sahel NERFINISHED
Sudan NERFINISHED
Western Egypt
involvedInConflict Italo-Senussi conflicts NERFINISHED
World War I in North Africa NERFINISHED
World War II in North Africa NERFINISHED
languageOfCourt Arabic
laterBaseOfOperations Cyrenaica NERFINISHED
Jaghbub NERFINISHED
Kufra NERFINISHED
monarchicalPeriodEnd 1969
monarchicalPeriodStart 1951
notableLeader Ahmad al-Sharif al-Sanusi NERFINISHED
Idris I of Libya NERFINISHED
Muhammad al-Mahdi al-Sanusi NERFINISHED
opposedPower Italian colonial rule in Libya
Ottoman Empire NERFINISHED
originPlace Mecca NERFINISHED
originRegion Hejaz NERFINISHED
overthrowEvent 1969 Libyan coup d'état NERFINISHED
overthrownBy Muammar Gaddafi NERFINISHED
politicalRole ruling family of the Kingdom of Libya
regionalBaseOfSupport Cyrenaica NERFINISHED
religion Sunni Islam
religiousInstitutions zawiyas
religiousOrientation Sufi
tribalBase Bedouin tribes of Cyrenaica

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King Idris I of Libya dynasty Senussi dynasty
subject surface form: Idris I of Libya
King Idris I of Libya house Senussi dynasty
subject surface form: Idris I of Libya
this entity surface form: House of Senussi