Muhammad ibn Ali al-Sanusi

Muhammad Ibn 'Ali Al-Senussi
Founder of the Senussi dynasty
Successor	Prince Muhammad
Born	1787 Mostaganem, Ottoman Algeria
Died	1859(1859-00-00) (aged 71–72) Jaghbub, Libya, Ottoman Tripolitania
House	Senussi
Father	Ali as-Senussi
Religion	Islam

Muhammad ibn Ali as-Senussi (Arabic: محمد بن علي السنوسي; in full Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī al-Sanūsī al-Mujāhirī al-Ḥasanī al-Idrīsī) (1787–1859) was an Algerian Muslim theologian and leader who founded the Senussi mystical order in 1837. His militant mystical movement proved very significant and helped Libya to win its freedom from Italy on 10 February 1947. Omar Mukhtar was one of the most significant leaders of the Senussi military campaign launched by Muhammad ibn Ali as-Senussi. Al-Sanūsī's grandson Idrīs I ruled as king of Libya from 1951 to 1969.^[1]