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Muhammad ibn Ali al-Sanusi, Founder of the Sanusi order

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ScholarFounder of the Sanusi order

Muhammad ibn Ali al-Sanusiمحمد بن علي السنوسي

Approximate dateJaghbub

An Algerian scholar whose desert lodges spread learning and order across Libya and the Sahara.

After study in Fez and Makkah, he founded the Sanusiyya and built lodges (zawiyas) along the caravan routes of Cyrenaica. These lodges taught the Quran, farmed the land and settled tribal disputes.

What grew out of it?

The Sanusi network led Libyan resistance to Italian rule, and the Sanusi family later became Libya's royal house.

Who lived at the same time?

Mahmud IIMuhammad Ali PashaMuhammad BelloFath-Ali Shah QajarMustafa IVNapoleon BonaparteEmir Abd al-QadirImam Shamil

Source: history

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