Idris of Libya

Idris
King Idris in 1960
King of Libya
Reign	24 December 1951 – 1 September 1969
Prime ministers	See list Mahmud al-Muntasir Muhammad Sakizli Mustafa Ben Halim Abdul Majid Kubar Muhammad Osman Said Mohieddin Fikini Hussein Maziq Abdul Qadir al-Badri Abdul Hamid al-Bakkoush Wanis al-Qaddafi
Born	12 March 1890 Al-Jaghbub, Tripolitania Vilayet, Ottoman Empire
Died	25 May 1983(1983-05-25) (aged 93) Cairo, Egypt
Burial	Al-Baqi' Cemetery, Medina, Saudi Arabia
Spouse	Fatimah el-Sharif ​ (m. 1931)​
Full name Muhammad Idris bin Muhammad al-Mahdi as-Senussi
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]

1. ↑ "Idris I | Libya, Biography, & History". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 2021-09-12.
2. ↑ Schnelzer, Nadine (2016). Libya in the Arab Spring: The Constitutional Discourse since the Fall of Gaddafi. Springer. p. 31. ISBN 978-3-658-11381-0.