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Ahmed Sharif as-Senussi (Arabic: أحمد الشريف السنوسي) (1873 – 10 March 1933) was the supreme leader of the Senussi order (1902–1933), although his leadership in the years 1917–1933 could be considered nominal. His daughter, Fatimah el-Sharif was the Queen consort of King Idris I of Libya.
From 1917 to his death, in 1933, Ahmed Sharif as-Senussi's leadership was mostly nominal. Idris of Libya, a grandson of Muhammad ibn Ali al-Sanusi, the Grand Senussi, replaced Ahmed as effective leader of the Order in 1917 and went on to play a key role as the Senussi leader who brought the Libyan tribes together into a unified Libyan nation.
In February 1915, Turkish envoys, including Nuri Bey, the half-brother of Enver Pasha and Jaafar Pasha, a Baghdadi Arab in the Ottoman army, plotted to provoke trouble between Sayyid Ahmed ash-Sharif, the Grand Senussi and the British, by planning a raid on Sollum on 15 June but was thwarted.
- January 1915-November 1918
- British-Italian victory
Apr 11, 2022 · Leader of the Senussi Order in Libya between 1902 and 1917. The grandson of the founder of the Senussi Order in the Libyan province of Cyrenaica in the 1840s, Ahmad Sharif as-Senussi led Cyrenaica’s resistance to Italian occupation after ...
Muhammad ibn Ali as-Senussi (1787–1859), the founder of the order and a proponent of Sufism, was born in Algeria near Mostaganem and was named al-Senussi after a venerated Muslim teacher. He was a member of the Walad Sidi Abdalla tribe, and was a sharif.
Ahmed Sharif as-Senussi (Arab: أحمد الشريف السنوسي; 1873 – 10 Mac 1933) ialah pemimpin tertinggi perintah Senussi (1902–1933), walaupun kepimpinannya pada tahun 1917–1933 boleh dianggap nominal.
Ahmed Sharif as-Senussi (Arabic: أحمد الشريف السنوسي) (1873 – 10 March 1933) was the supreme leader of the Senussi order (1902–1933), although his leadership in the years 1917–1933 could be considered nominal.
