Idris | |||||
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![]() King Idris in 1960 | |||||
King of Libya | |||||
Reign | 24 December 1951 – 1 September 1969 | ||||
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Born | 12 March 1890 Al-Jaghbub, Tripolitania Vilayet, Ottoman Empire | ||||
Died | 25 May 1983 Cairo, Egypt | (aged 93)||||
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House | Sanusi | ||||
Father | Muhammad al Mahdi al Sanusi | ||||
Mother | Aisha bint Muqarrib al-Barasa | ||||
Religion | Sunni Islam |
Sayed Mohamed Idris Al Sanusi (Arabic: السيد محمد إدريس بن محمد المهدي السنوسي; Al Sayed Prince Muhammad Idris bin Muhammad al-Mahdi al Sanusi; 12 March 1890 – 25 May 1983)[1] was a Libyan political and religious leader. First, he was the chief of the Sanusi Muslim Order. Then, he became the Emir of Cyrenaica. Eventually, Idris became the King of the United Kingdom of Libya (renamed as the Kingdom of Libya in 1963) in 1951. In 1969, Mu'ammar al-Qadhafi took control of Libya by force which ended the reign of Idris.[2]