Sanūsī, Muḥammad al-Mahdī, 1844-1902

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Name (Latin)
Sanūsī, Muḥammad al-Mahdī, 1844-1902
Name (Arabic)
السنوسي، محمد المهدي، 1844-1902
Other forms of name
سنوسي، محمد المهدي، 1844-1902
المهدي، محمد (السنوسي)، 1844-1902
Date of birth
1844
Date of death
1902
Gender
male
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
VIAF: 41186851
Wikidata: Q517932
Library of congress: n 2001057964
Sources of Information
  • 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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Wikipedia description:

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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