Sanusiyyah
The Sanusiyyah was a mystic, militant Muslim movement (or brotherhood) created in 1837 by Sidi Muhammad ibn 'Ali al-Sanusi al-Mujahiri al-Hasani al-Idrisi. The sect preached a puritanical form of Islam, intending to return to the simple faith and ideals of early Islam, and spread amongst the Berber people of North Africa, particularly in what is now Libya.
The majority of those known colloquially as Sanusi, were not strict adherents of the movement, but followers of the Grand Sanusi, Ahmad al-Sharif and his successor Mohammed Sayed Idris el-Senussi (aka Idris al-Sanusi).
By 1951, Mohammed Sayed Idris el-Senussi (aka Idris al-Sanusi), the Emir of Cyrenaica became king of the federal kingdom of Libya. He was removed from power by Colonel Muammar Muhammad al-Gaddafi in a coup d'etat in September 1969.
The majority of those known colloquially as Sanusi, were not strict adherents of the movement, but followers of the Grand Sanusi, Ahmad al-Sharif and his successor Mohammed Sayed Idris el-Senussi (aka Idris al-Sanusi).
By 1951, Mohammed Sayed Idris el-Senussi (aka Idris al-Sanusi), the Emir of Cyrenaica became king of the federal kingdom of Libya. He was removed from power by Colonel Muammar Muhammad al-Gaddafi in a coup d'etat in September 1969.
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