Omar Al-Mokhtar
| Omar Al-Mukhtar عُمَرْ الْمُخْتَارْ |
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Omar Al-Mukhtar bust in Paseo Los Ilustres, Venezuela
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| Ruler of Zawiyat Ayn Kalk | |
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In office 1896 – 1902 |
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| Succeeded by | Abolished |
| Ruler of Zawiyat Luqsur | |
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In office 1902 – 1911 |
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| Succeeded by | Abolished |
| Leader of Senussi Tribal Military | |
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In office 24 April 1923 – 16 September 1931 |
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| Preceded by | Idris Al-Senussi |
| Succeeded by | Yusuf Borahil |
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| Born |
20 August 1858 Zawiyat Zanzur, Nahiyah Tobruk, Kaza Derna, Sanjak Benghazi, Eyalet-i Trâblus Gârb, Ottoman Empire |
| Died | 16 September 1931 (aged 73) Benghazi, Italian Libya |
| Nationality |
 Cyrenaican
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| Parents |
Al-Mukhtar ibn Muhammad (father)
Aisha Bint Muharib (mother) |
| Occupation | Ruler of Senussi Zawiyas |
| Religion | Islam |
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| Nickname(s) | Asad as-Sahara’ (Arabic: أَسـد الـصَّـحـراء, "Lion of the Desert") |
| Allegiance |
Senussi Order
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| Service/branch |
Senussid Military Adwar
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| Battles/wars |
French Colonization of Chad Italo-Turkish War Senussid-British War Senussid-Italian War |
Omar Al-Mukhtar Muhammad Ibn Farhat al-Mnifi (Arabic: عُمَرْ الْمُخْتَارْ مُحَمَّدْ بِنْ فَرْحَاتْ الْمَنِفِي; 20 August 1858 – 16 September 1931), known among the Colonial Italians as Matari of the Mnifa, was the leader of Native Resistance in Eastern Libya under the Senussids, against the Italian Colonization of Libya. Omar was also a prominent figure of the Senussi Movement, and he is considered the National Hero of Libya and a symbol of resistance in the Arab and Islamic Worlds. Beginning in 1911, he organised and, for nearly twenty years, led native resistance against the Colonial Italians. After many attempts, the Italian Armed forces managed to capture Al-Mukhtar near Slonta and hanged him in 1931.
Omar Al-Mukhtar also fought against the French Colonization of Chad and the British Occupation of Egypt.
'Omar Al-Mukhtar was born in 1862 (or 1858) to a poor family in the town of Zanzur near Tobruk , belonging to the Mnifa Clan, in the region of Cyrenaica under Ottoman control, young Omar lost his father early on, and spent his youth in poverty, he was adopted by Sharif El Gariani, nephew of Hussein Ghariani, a political-religious leader in Cyrenaica, and received his early education at the local mosque, before continuing his studying for eight years at the Senussi university in Jaghbub, the holy city of the Senussi Tariqa , He became a popular expert on the Koran and an imam, joining the confraternity of the Senussi, he also came to be well informed of the social structure of his society, as he was chosen to settle intertribal disputes.
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