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Omar Mukhtar

Omar Al-Mukhtar
عُمَرْ الْمُخْتَارْ
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Omar Al-Mukhtar, circa 1925 -1931
Ruler of Zawiyat Ayn Kalk
In office
1896 – 1902
Succeeded by Abolished
Ruler of Zawiyat Luqsur
In office
1902 – 1911
Succeeded by Abolished
Leader of Senussi Tribal Military
In office
24 April 1923 – 16 September 1931
Preceded by Idris Al-Senussi
Succeeded by Yusuf Borahil
Personal details
Born (1858-08-20)20 August 1858
Zawiyat Zanzur, Nahiyah Tobruk, Kaza Derna, Sanjak Benghazi, Eyalet-i Trâblus Gârb, Ottoman Empire
Died 16 September 1931(1931-09-16) (aged 73)
Suluq, Italian Libya
Parents
Al-Mukhtar ibn Muhammad (father)
Aisha Bint Muharib (mother)
Occupation teacher of the Qur'an , Ruler of Senussi Zawiyas
Religion Islam
Signature
Military service
Nickname(s) Lion of the Desert
Allegiance Senussids
Service/branch Senussid Military Adwar
Battles/wars French Colonization of Chad
Italo-Turkish War
Senussid-British War
Senussid-Italian War

Omar Al-Mukhtar Muhammad Ibn Farhat Bredan (Arabic: عُمَرْ الْمُخْتَارْ مُحَمَّدْ بِنْ فَرْحَاتْ بُرَيْدَانْ‎‎; 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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