Ahmad Sharif al-Senussi
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Ahmad Sharif al-Senussi 🇱🇾

أحمد الشريف السنوسي (Known as "Sayyid Ahmad Sharif")
Supreme Leader of the Senussi Order, Commander of Armed Jihad Against Italy (1911–1918)
Born 1873 🇱🇾 Jaghbub, Libya
Passed Away Mar 10, 1933 Medina, Saudi Arabia
Lifespan 60 years old
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Archival Overview

Supreme leader of the Senussi order from 1902 to 1918 who mobilized the Bedouin tribes of Cyrenaica and the Sahara in armed resistance against the Italian colonial invasion in 1911.

Biographical Record

Grandson of the Grand Senussi, Sayyid Ahmad Sharif assumed the leadership of the order following his campaigns against French forces in Chad. When Italian warships bombarded Tripoli and Benghazi in October 1911, he issued a nationwide declaration of holy resistance, establishing joint tribal command with Enver Pasha and Mustafa Kemal.

His guerrilla horsemen defeated Italian advances at the Battle of Sidi Bilal and across the Jbel Akhdar plateau. In 1918, he departed on an Ottoman submarine to Istanbul to rally international diplomatic and military support, spending his final years in Medina, beloved throughout the Islamic world.

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Al-Baqi Cemetery
Medina, Saudi Arabia
GPS: 24.4667, 39.6167
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