Sanūsī, Muḥammad al-Mahdī, 1844-1902
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- al-Ḥarakah al-Sanūsīyah fī Lībiyā, 1999:v. 2, t.p., etc. (Muḥammad al-Mahdī)(Muḥammad al-Mahdī ibn Muḥammad ibn ʻAlī al-Sanūsī; b. in al-Jabal al-Akhḍar, Libya, Dhī al-Qiʻdah, 1260 H., 1844 M.)(d. 24 Ṣafar 1320 H., June 2, 1902)
- LC database, Aug. 6, 2001(hdg.: Sanūsī, Muḥammad al-Mahdī, 1844-1902; variant: Sanūsī, al-Mahdī, 1844?-1902?)
- Libya, a country study, 1989:p. 23, etc. (Muhammad, son of the founder of the Sanusi rel. order (Muhammad ibn Ali), became known as the Mahdi, after taking over the order after his father's death; resisted the French militarily; died in 1902)
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Muhammad Al Mahdi bin Sayyid Muhammad es Senussi (Arabic: محمد المهدي بن سيدي محمد السنوسي), also Sayyid Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn Muhammad al-Mahdi Ali al-Sanusi, (1844–1902), was the supreme leader of the Sufi Senussi Order between 1859 and his death in 1902 in Libya.
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