Muhammad ibn Ali al-Sanusi

For other people named Muhammad Ali, see Muhammad Ali (disambiguation).
Not to be confused with Muhammad ibn Yusuf al-Sanusi.
Muhammad ibn Ali al-Sanusi
Founder of the Sanusi order
al-Sanusi in the 1850s
Born(1787-12-22)22 December 1787
Mostaganem, Regency of Algiers
Died2 September 1859(1859-09-02) (aged 71)
Jaghbub, Libya, Ottoman Tripolitania
IssueMuhammad al-Mahdi as-Senussi
FatherAli al-Sanusi
ReligionIslam

Muhammad ibn Ali al-Sanusi (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 Sanusi order in 1837. His militant mystical movement proved very significant and helped Libya to win its freedom from Italy on 10 February 1947. Al-Sanusi's grandson Idris ruled as king of Libya from 1951 to 1969.

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