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The Sanussis of Libya
are Hassani Syeds
and descendants of the prophet
Hazrat
Muhammad Mustafa P.B.U.H, through
Syed Imam Hassan,
son of
Syeda Fatima,
his daughter &
Imam Ali.
A grandson of
Syed Hassan Musanna
(son of
Syed Imam
Hassan),
Idrees Al Akbar bin Abdullah Al Kamil
bin Syed Hassan Musanna, arrived in North Africa during the 8th
century AD, having failed in his revolt against the Abbasid Caliph. He
established the Idrisids state at Fez,
in Morocco.
The family takes its name from a religious Sheikh named Sanussi who lived
in Themcen during the 13th century. Their descendant Syed
Muhammad bin Ali Al-Sanussi, established the Sanussi Order in 1837 with
strict adherence to Muslim principles, eschewing ostentation, tobacco and
alcohol, and the music, dancing and gyrations practiced by the existing
orders. Unable to cross Algeria
because of the French occupation, he established his capital at Jaghbub,
in Cyrenaica. He built a great mosque and a university which came to rival
Jamia Al-Azhar
(Cairo),
but which was shut down on the orders of
Colonel Qazzafi
in 1984, the graves and remains of the Sanussi family being desecrated at
the same time.
Syed
Muhammad bin Ali, 1st Grand Sanussi
Syed Muhammad bin Ali
Al-Sanussi Al-Khattabi Al-Mujahiri Al-Idreesi Al-Hassani, 1st Grand Sanussi
(1843 1859), born at Al-Wasita, near Mustaghanim, Algeria on 22nd
December 1787.
His family lineage is as
under.
Syed Muhammad bin Ali
Al-Sanussi Al-Khattabi Al-Mujahiri Al-Idreesi Al-Hassani bin Ali bin Syed
Al-Sanussi bin Al-Arabi Al-Atrash bin Muhammad bin Abdul Qadir bin Ahmed
Shuhyda bin Muhammad Shaib Al-Deraa bin Yousuf Abu Dahyba bin Abdullah bin
Qutab bin Ali Abu Al-Assal bin Yahya bin Rashid bin Ahmad Al-Murabit bin
Mindas bin Abdul Kawwi bin Abdul Rehman bin Yousuf bin Zain Al-Rayyan bin
Zain-ul-Abideen bin Yousuf bin Al Hassan bin Idrees bin Abdullah bin Ahmed
bin Muhammad bin Abdullah bin Hamza bin Saeed bin Yaqoob bin Daud bin Hamza
bin Ali bin Umar bin Moulana Idrees Al-Azhar (junior) Founder of Fez
(793-828 AD) bin Imam Idrees Al-Akbar (1st King of Idreesia 789-793 AD)
bin Syed Abdullah Al-Kamil bin Syed Al-Hassan Al-Musanna bin Syed Imam
Al-Hassan Al-Sabt, bin Imam Ali (598-621 AD) & Syeda Fatima-tu-Zahra binnat
Hazrat Muhammad Mustafa P.B.U.H.
He established the Sanussi
Order near Makkah in 1837 but being unable to return to Algeria because of
the French occupation, set up his seat at Jaghbub, Cyrenaica in 1843. He
married (first) to Mina (divorced in 1835), daughter of Muhammad bin Abdul
Rehman Laghaout, by whom he had issue, one son, (second) at Abu Qubais in
1834 with Khadeejah (died at Makkah in 1846), daughter of Hamid Al-Habshia,
by whom he had issue, two sons and four daughters, who all died young,
(third) at Al-Bayda in February 1843 to Fatima (died at Jaghbub in1892),
daughter of Ahmad bin Farajallah Al-Fituri, by whom he had issue, two sons
and (fourth) in 1850/1851 to Fatima (born in 1811 and died at Jaghbub in
1861), daughter of Hassan Al-Biskri, by whom he had issue, one son.
He died at Jaghbub on 7th
September 1859 (buried at the Mosque there, exhumed and dumped in the
dessert on the orders of Colonel Qazzafi in 1984), having had issue,
including:
1) Syed Muhammad Al-Mahdi
bin Syed Muhammad Al-Sanussi (s/o Mina). He died young.
2) Syed Muhammad Al-Mahdi
bin Syed Muhammad Al-Sanussi, 2nd Grand Sanussi (s/o Fatima al-Fituri).
3) Syed Muhammad Al-Sharif
bin Syed Muhammad Al-Sanussi, born at Derna on 26th August 1846
(s/o Fatima al-Fituri). He married (first) in the Hijaz in 1859 to Khadeejah
(died at Jaghbub in 1867), a Circassian lady, (second) at Jaghbub in 1867 to
Fatima (died in 1870), daughter of Muhammad bin Al-Mukhtar, of Qafanta,
(third) at Jaghbub in 1870 to Khadeejah (born in 1835 & died in 1923),
daughter of Abu Musa Umran bin Baraka Al-Fituri of Zlitin in Tripoli Tania,
(fourth) at Jaghbub in 1871 to Fatima (born in 1850 & died at Fort Limy,
Chad in 1934), daughter of Umar bin Muhammad Al-Ashhab, of Fezzan, (fifth)
at Jaghbub in 1890 to Khadeejah (died at Alexandria, Egypt in 1938),
daughter of Mustafa bin Abdul Wahab Al-Mahjub and (sixth) at Jaghbub in
1891, to Aaisha (died at Jaghbub in 1932), daughter of Muhammad Al-Sharif
Al-Khattabi.
He died at Jaghbub, 12th
March 1896 (buried at the Mosque there, exhumed and dumped in the dessert on
the orders of Colonel Qazzafi in 1984).
He was father of five sons:
a) Syed Ahmad Al-Sharif bin
Syed Muhammad Al-Sharif Al-Sanussi, 3rd Grand Sanussi (s/o
Khadeejah Al-Fituri).
b) Syed Muhammad Al-Abid
Pasha bin Syed Muhammad Al-Sharif Al-Sanussi, born at Jaghbub in April 1881
(s/o Fatima al-Ashhab). He married (first) at Jaghbub in 1896 to Fatima,
daughter of Ahmad bin Idrees Al-Ashhab, (second) at Kufra in 1905 to Mabruka
(died at Kufra in 1910), daughter of Mustafa Al-Mahjub, (third) at Kufra in
1906 (divorced) to Zahra Al-Quraniyya, a Sudanese lady, (fourth) at Kufra in
1913 (divorced in 1922) to Taj ul-Mulk Al-Tariqiyya (died in 1922), (fifth)
at Kufra in 1914 to Umm Bashayir, a Sudanese, (sixth) at Kufra in 1914
(divorced in 1926) to Memoona, a Sudanese lady from Baghirmi, (seventh) at
Kufra in 1914 with Radyana (born in 1896), a Sudanese lady, (eighth) at
Kufra in 1916 to Nafeesah (died in 1916), daughter of Muhammad Ali
Al-Ashhab, (ninth) at Kufra in 1919 to Halima Al-Tariqiyya, (tenth) at Kufra
in 1921 to Salma al-Tariqiyya and (eleventh) at Kufra in 1925 to Tulu
Al-Tariqiyya.
He died in a lorry in the
Sudan, while returning from a pilgrimage to Makkah in December 1938, leaving
thirteen sons and nine daughters:
(I). Syed Muhammad
Al-Sharif bin Syed Muhammad Al Abid Al-Sanussi was born at Kufra in 1897
(s/o Fatima al-Ashhab). He married (first) at Kufra in 1917 to Zainab,
(second) at Kufra in 1920, with his cousin, Syeda Rukkiya binnat Syed Ahmad
Al-Sharif Al-Sanussi (born after 1899 & died at Fort Limy, Chad in 1932),
second daughter of Field Marshal Syed Ahmad Al-Sharif Pasha bin Syed
Muhammad Al-Sharif Al-Sanussi, 3rd Grand Sanussi, by his second
wife, Khadeejah, daughter of Ahmad Al-Rifi. He died at Fort Limy, Chad in
1931 and left one son, Syed Al-Bashir bin Syed Muhammad Al-Sharif
Al-Sanussi, born at the Wadai in 1919 (s/o Zainab).
(II) Syed Muhammad
Al-Sanussi bin Syed Muhammad Al Abid Al-Sanussi, born at Kufra in 1902 (s/o
Fatima al-Ashhab). He married (first) at Kufra in 1920 to a daughter (died
in 1921) of Muhammad Saleh al-Biskri, (second) at Mersa Matruh in 1936 to
his cousin, Syeda Fatima binnat Syed Muhammad Hilal (born at Kufra in 1907 &
died at Alexandria in 1938), eldest daughter of his uncle, Syed Muhammad
Hilal Pasha bin Syed Muhammad Al-Sharif Al-Sanussi, by his first wife,
Fatima, daughter of Muhammad bin Muhammad Al Sharif Al Khattabi and (third)
at Madina in 1941 with Fatima, a lady from Hijaz. He was father of an only
son, Syed Hafiz bin Syed Muhammad Al-Sanussi born at Madina in 1942 (s/o
Fatima II).
(III) Syed Muhammad
Jamal-ud-din bin Syed Muhammad Al Abid Al-Sanussi was born at Kufra in 1907
(s/o Mabruka). He married in the French Sudan in 1932 to Ashta, who bore one
son, Syed Muhammad Al Abid bin Muhammad Jamal-ud-din Al-Sanussi, born in
Chad. He was father of three sons: (a) Syed Muhammad Yahya bin Syed Muhammad
Al Abid Al-Sanussi. (b) Syed Maulay Ahmad bin Syed Muhammad Al Abid
Al-Sanussi. (c) Syed Muhammad Abid bin Syed Muhammad Al Abid Al-Sanussi.
(IV) Syed Ahmad Idrees bin
Syed Muhammad Al Abid Al-Sanussi, born at Kufra in 1907 (s/o Fatima
As-Ashhab). King Idrees I adopted him. He married (first) in the French
Sudan in 1930 to Fatima, a lady from Mizda, (second) in the French Sudan in
1942 to Atika, daughter of Muhammad Saleh As-Biskri, (third) at Abu Rewash,
Egypt in 1944 to his cousin, Syeda Khadeejah binnat Syed Muhammad Al-Rida
(born at Kufra in 1914), third daughter of Syed Muhammad Al-Rida Pasha,
Crown Prince of Libya, by his eighth wife, Zainab Al-Quraniyya. He was
father of three sons: (a) Syed Muhammad Idrees bin Syed Ahmad Idrees
Al-Sanussi. Born in 1921 (s/o Atika). He has issue, one son, Syed Mohsin bin
Syed Muhammad Idrees Al-Sanussi. (b) Syed Al-Baghar bin Syed Ahmad Idrees
Al-Sanussi. (c) Syed Jaafar Sadiq bin Syed Ahmad Idrees Al-Sanussi.
(V) Syed Muhammad Abdul
Muttlib bin Syed Muhammad Al Abid Al-Sanussi, born at Kufra in 1908 (s/o
Zahra al-Quraniyya), married (first) at Kufra in 1922, Masuda al-Tariqiyya,
(second) in Egypt in1939 to his cousin, Syeda Fatima Al-Nasira binnat Syed
Muhammad Saif-ud-din (born at Tarhuna in 1916), eldest daughter of
Major-General Syed Muhammad Safi-ud-din Pasha, by his fourth wife, Salama.
He left five sons: (1) Syed Muhammad Ali bin Syed Muhammad Abdul Muttlib
Al-Sanussi, born in Chad in 1925 (s/o Masuda Al-Tariqiyya), left two sons:
(a) Syed Salah-ud-din bin Syed Muhammad Asli Al-Sanussi. (b) Syed Mustafa
bin Syed Muhammad Asli Al-Sanussi. (2) Syed Muhammad Abid bin Syed Muhammad
Abdul Muttlib Al-Sanussi, born in Chad in1940 (s/o Syeda Fatima al-Nasira).
(3) Syed Ahmad Fathi bin Syed Muhammad Abdul Muttlib Al-Sanussi, born in
Chad in 1942 (s/o Syeda Fatima al-Nasira). (4) Syed Numan bin Syed Muhammad
Abdul Muttlib Al-Sanussi. (5) Syed Muhammad Izz-ud-din bin Syed Muhammad
Abdul Muttlib Al-Sanussi.
(VI) Syed Muhammad
Al-Mukhtar bin Syed Muhammad Al Abid Al-Sanussi, born at Kufra in 1915 (s/o
Taj ul-Mulk), married in 1940 to Fatima, a lady from Majabra, in Chad. He
was father of four sons: (1) Syed Muhammad Al-Mahdi bin Syed Muhammad
Al-Mukhtar Al-Sanussi, born in Chad in 1942 (s/o Fatima). (2) Syed Sharif
bin Syed Muhammad Al-Mukhtar Al-Sanussi. (3) Syed Abid bin Syed Muhammad
Al-Mukhtar Al-Sanussi. (4) Syed Hassan bin Syed Muhammad Al-Mukhtar
Al-Sanussi.
(VII) Syed Ahmad Hafiz bin
Syed Muhammad Al Abid Al-Sanussi, born at Kufra in 1917 (s/o Memoona),
married in the French Sudan, Khadeejah, an Arab lady from the Fezzan,
leaving four sons: (1) Syed Fathi bin Syed Ahmad Hafiz Al-Sanussi. (2) Syed
Hilal bin Syed Ahmad Hafiz Al-Sanussi. (3) Syed Mahdi bin Syed Ahmad Hafiz
Al-Sanussi. (4) Syed Al-Rida bin Syed Ahmad Hafiz Al-Sanussi.
(VIII) Syed Muhammad Yahya
bin Syed Muhammad Al Abid Al-Sanussi, born at Kufra in 1918 (s/o Radyana),
married (first) in the French Sudan in 1936 to Hilwa, (second) in 1941 to
Salma, of the Majabra, left two sons and one daughter: (1) Syed Saif-ud-din
bin Syed Yahya Al-Sanussi (s/o Hilwa). (2) Syed Al-Busairi bin Syed Yahya
Al-Sanussi (s/o Hilwa). (3). Syeda Suad binnat Syed Yahya Al-Sanussi, in
Chad in 1942 (d/o Salma).
(IX) Syed Muhammad Tahir
bin Syed Muhammad Al Abid Al-Sanussi, born at Kufra in 1919 (s/o Umm
Bashayir), married (first) in the French Sudan, 1937 to Aaisha, of the
Majabra, (second) in the French Sudan in 1942 to Fatima, of the Majabra,
(third) to his cousin, Syeda Radiyya binnat Syed Muhammad Safi-ud-din
Al-Sanussi (born at Ajadabiya in 1922), second daughter of his uncle,
Major-General Syed Muhammad Safi-ud-din Pasha, by his fifth wife, Khadeejah
He left three sons: (1) Syed Malik bin Syed Muhammad Tahir Al-Sanussi,
father of one son: Syed Ihab bin Syed Malik Al-Sanussi. (2) Syed Fazil bin
Syed Muhammad Tahir Al-Sanussi. (3) Syed Azim bin Syed Muhammad Tahir
Al-Sanussi.
(X) Syed Abdullah bin Syed
Muhammad Al Abid Al-Sanussi, born at Kufra in 1919 (s/o Umm Bashayir). He
was deprived of his styles and titles on 2nd October 1954. He
married (first) in 1939 to Fatima, (second) in 1954 to Ghalia binnat Noor
Saleh. He had issue, five sons and three daughters: (1) Syed Hashim bin Syed
Abdullah Al-Sanussi, born on 6th September 1950 (s/o Fatima). (2)
Syed Al-Mahdi bin Syed Abdullah Al-Sanussi, born on 8th February
1950 (s/o Fatima). (3) Syed Idrees bin Syed Abdullah Al-Sanussi, born at
Benghazi on 18th January 1957 (s/o Ghalia). Claimant for the
leadership of the family, married on 23rd March 1987 to Anna
Maria, nιe Quinones de Leon. He has issue, one son and one daughter: (a)
Syed Khalid bin Syed Idrees Al-Sanussi, born at Washington DC, USA on 3rd
February 1988. (b). Syeda Alia binnat Idrees Al-Sanussi, born on 20th
February 1983. (4) Syed Al-Sharif bin Syed Abdullah Al-Sanussi. (5) Syed
Al-Rida bin Syed Abdullah Al-Sanussi. (6). Syeda Suzann binnat Syed Abdullah
Al-Sanussi, born on 24th April 1955 (d/o Ghalia). (7). Syeda
Salwa binnat Syed Abdullah Al-Sanussi, born on 6th February 1963
(d/o Ghalia). (8). Syeda Suhaila binnat Syed Abdullah Al-Sanussi was born on
9th April 1965 (d/o Ghalia).
(XI) Syed Muhammad
Al-Siddique bin Syed Muhammad Al Abid Al-Sanussi, born at Kufra in 1922 (s/o
Memoona), married (first) at Cairo, Egypt in 1943 to his cousin, Syeda
Rukkiya binnat Syed Muhammad Al-Rida (born at Kufra in 1915), daughter of
Syed Muhammad Al-Rida Pasha, Crown Prince of Libya, by his fifth wife,
Kulsum Al-Mubawiyya, (second)
He had issue, two sons and one daughter: (1)
Syed Abid bin Syed Al-Sadiq Al-Sanussi. (2) Syed Abdul Sadiq bin Syed
Al-Sadiq Al-Sanussi. (3). Syeda Ruhiyya binnat Syed Al-Sadiq Al-Sanussi,
born at Benghazi in 1944 (d/o Rukkiya).
(XII) Syed Muhammad Mansoor
bin Syed Muhammad Al Abid Al-Sanussi, born at Kufra in 1923 (s/o Salma
al-Tariqiyya). He left three sons: (1) Syed Muhammad Abid bin Syed Muhammad
Mansoor Al-Sanussi. (2) Syed Abdul Munim bin Syed Muhammad Mansoor
Al-Sanussi. (3) Syed Idrees bin Syed Muhammad Mansoor Al-Sanussi.
(XIII) Syed Ibraheem bin
Syed Muhammad Al Abid Al-Sanussi, at Fort Limy, Chad in 1929 (s/o Salma
al-Tariqiyya). He was father of three sons: (1) Syed Abdullah bin Syed
Ibraheem Al-Sanussi. (2) Syed Mansoor bin Syed Ibraheem Al-Sanussi. (3) Syed
Abdul Muttlib bin Syed Ibraheem Al-Sanussi.
(XIV) Syeda Fatima binnat
Syed Muhammad Al Abid Al-Sanussi, born at Kufra in 1896 (d/o Fatima
al-Ashhab), married at Kufra in1921 to her first cousin, Syed Muhammad
Shams-ud-din bin Syed Ali Al-Khattab Al-Sanussi (born at Kufra in 1908),
eldest son of her uncle, Syed Ali Al-Khattabi Pasha bin Syed Muhammad
Al-Sharif Al-Sanussi. She died at Kufra in 1921.
(XV). Syeda Nafeesah binnat
Syed Muhammad Al Abid Al-Sanussi, born at Kufra in 1915 (d/o Radyana).
(XVI). Syeda Rukkiya binnat
Syed Muhammad Al Abid Al-Sanussi, born at Kufra in1915 (d/o Umm Bashayir).
(XVII). Syeda Aaisha binnat
Syed Muhammad Al Abid Al-Sanussi, born at Kufra in 1915 (d/o Fatima
al-Ashhab).
(XVIII). Syeda Saddiqa
binnat Syed Muhammad Al Abid Al-Sanussi, born at Kufra in 1920 (d/o Taj
ul-Mulk).
(XIX). Syeda Asma binnat
Syed Muhammad Al Abid Al-Sanussi, born at Kufra in 1921 (d/o Halima
al-Tariqiyya).
(XX). Syeda Hasina binnat
Syed Muhammad Al Abid Al-Sanussi, born at Kufra in 1924 (d/o Memoona).
(XXI). Syeda Safiyya binnat
Syed Muhammad Al Abid Al-Sanussi, born at Kufra in 1924 (d/o Salma
al-Tariqiyya).
(XXII). Syeda Radiyya
binnat Syed Muhammad Al Abid Al-Sanussi, born at Atia, Chad in 1923 (d/o
Salma al-Tariqiyya).
c) Syed Ali Al-Khattabi
Pasha bin Syed Muhammad Al-Sharif Al-Sanussi, born at Jaghbub in July/August
1888 (s/o Fatima al-Mukhtar). He married (first) at Kufra in 1904 to
Rukkiya, daughter of Muhammad Al-Mahjub, (second) at Kufra in 1908 to
Khadeejah, daughter of Muhammad Al-Madani, (third) at Kufra in 1910
(divorced in 1912) to Fatima, daughter of Muhammad Abdul Maula, (fourth) at
Kufra in 1913 to Hawa, a lady from Wadai. He died at Al-Taj, Kufra in
February/March 1918, leaving two sons and one daughter: (I) Syed Muhammad
Shams-ud-din bin Syed Ali Al-Khattab Al-Sanussi, born at Kufra in 1908 (s/o
Rukkiya). He married (first) at Kufra in 1921 to his first cousin, Syeda
Fatima binnat Syed Muhammad Al Abid Al-Sanussi (born at Kufra in 1896 & died
at Kufra in 1921), eldest daughter of his uncle, Syed Muhammad Al Abid
Pasha, by his first wife, Fatima, (second) at Kufra in 1924 to his cousin,
Syeda Zainab binnat Syed Ahmad Al-Sharif Al-Sanussi (born at Kufra in 1906),
third daughter of his uncle, Syed Ahmad Al-Sharif bin Syed Muhammad
Al-Sharif Al-Sanussi, 3rd Grand Sanussi, by his fifth wife, Hawa
Al-Quraniyya II, (third) at Mersa Matruh in 1937 to his cousin, Syeda
Fatima binnat Syed Ahmad Al-Sharif Al-Sanussi (born at Jaghbub in 1899),
eldest daughter of his uncle, Field Marshal Syed Ahmad Al-Sharif Pasha bin
Syed Muhammad Al-Sharif Al-Sanussi, 3rd Grand Sanussi, by his
first wife, Masuda, a Sudanese lady. He had issue, one son and three
daughters: (A) Syed Al-Sanussi bin Syed Muhammad Shams ud-din Al-Sanussi,
born at Kufra in 1925 (s/o Syeda Zainab). (B). Syeda Fadila binnat Syed
Muhammad Shams-ud-din Al-Sanussi, born at Kufra in 1926 (d/o Syeda Zainab).
(C). Syeda Atika binnat Syed Muhammad Shams ud-din Al-Sanussi, born at Kufra
in 1929 (d/o Syeda Zainab). (D). Syeda Zubaida binnat Syed Muhammad Shams-
ud-din Al-Sanussi, born at Mersa Matruh in 1933 (d/o Syeda Zainab). (II)
Syed Muhammad Al-Hassan bin Syed Ali Al-Khattab Al-Sanussi, born at Kufra in
1913 (s/o Khadeejah), married to Khadeejah, daughter of Muhammad Saleh
Al-Biskri. He left four sons and four daughters: (1) Syed Ali bin Syed
Muhammad al-Hassan Al-Sanussi, born at Kufra in 1929. (2) Syed Al-Sharif bin
Syed Muhammad al-Hassan Al-Sanussi, born at Kufra in 1930. (3) Syed Muhammad
Zahir bin Syed Muhammad Al-Hassan Al-Sanussi, born in February 1945.(4) Syed
Ahmad bin Syed Muhammad Al-Hassan Al-Sanussi. (5). Syeda Hubaiba binnat Syed
Muhammad Al-Hassan Al-Sanussi, born at Benghazi in 1931. (6). Syeda Aaisha
binnat Syed Muhammad Al-Hassan Al-Sanussi, born at Benghazi in 1938. (7)
Syeda Fatima binnat Syed Muhammad Al-Hassan Al-Sanussi, born at Benghazi in
1941. (8) Syeda Bahiyya binnat Syed Muhammad Al-Hassan Al-Sanussi was born
at Abu Rawwah in1942.
(III). Syeda Amama binnat
Syed Ali Al-Khattab Al-Sanussi, born at Kufra in 1915 (s/o Rukkiya).
d) Syed Muhammad Hilal
Pasha bin Syed Muhammad Al-Sharif Al-Sanussi, born at Jaghbub in June/July
1894 (s/o Aaisha). He married (first) at Kufra in 1906 (divorced in 1919) to
Fatima (died at Umm Rukhba in 1933), daughter of his maternal uncle,
Muhammad bin Muhammad Al-Sharaf Al-Khattabi, (second) at Kufra in1910 to
Ashta (died at Kufra in 1916), a lady from Darfur, (third) at Kufra in 1912
(divorced in 1920) with Zainab (died at Derna in 1932), daughter of Tuwati
bin Hussain Al-Ghariani, (fourth) at Kufra in 1914 (died at Benghazi in
1926) Khadeejah (died at Umm Rukhba in 1935), daughter of Ahmad bin Muhammad
Al-Sharif, (fifth) at Barqa in 1915 (divorced in 1915) to Salma (married
second in 1931 to Muftah Al-Ashhab), daughter of Abu Baker Al-Abbar, (sixth)
at Benghazi in 1917 (divorced in 1917) to Fatima (married second in 1930 to
Qataish bin Al-Hadad, who died in 1942, married third, Muhammad Al-Yaqoobi
Al-Fituri), daughter of Hamaida Al-Yaqoobi Al-Fituri, (seventh) at Ajadabiya
in 1922 to his cousin, Syeda Fatima Al-Hassania binnat Syed Muhammad
Al-Mahdi Al-Sanussi (born at Kufra in 1902 & died at Tarabulus on 20th
October 1966), youngest daughter of his uncle, Syed Muhammad Al-Mahdi bin
Syed Muhammad Al-Sanussi, 2nd Grand Sanussi, by his wife, Khadeejah Bu Saif,
(eighth) at Akrama in 1925 (divorced in 1929) to Zahra (died at Umm Rukhba
in 1931), daughter of Al-Hashimi Al-Akrami. He died at Alexandria, Egypt in
December 1929, leaving two sons and three daughters: (I) Syed Izz-ud-din bin
Syed Muhammad Hilal Al-Sanussi, born at Jaghbub in 1923 (s/o Syeda Fatima
Al-Hassania). (II) Syed Muhammad Al-Mahdi bin Syed Muhammad Hilal
Al-Sanussi, born at Jaghbub in 1924 (s/o Syeda Fatima Al-Hassania), left
only son. Syed Muhammad Hilal bin Syed Al-Mahdi Al-Sanussi. (III) Syeda
Fatima binnat Syed Muhammad Hilal Al-Sanussi, born at Kufra in 1907 (d/o
Fatima al-Sharaf), married at Mersa Matruh in 1936 to her cousin, Syed
Muhammad Al-Sanussi bin Syed Muhammad Al Abid Al-Sanussi (born at Kufra in
1902), second son of her uncle, Syed Muhammad Al Abid Pasha, by his first
wife, Fatima, daughter of Ahmad bin Idrees Al-Ashhab. She died at Alexandria
in 1938.(IV) Syeda Khadeejah binnat Syed Muhammad Hilal Al-Sanussi, born at
Kufra in 1909 (d/o Fatima Al-Sharif). She died unmarried at Mersa Matruh in
1931. (V). Syeda Aaisha binnat Syed Muhammad Hilal Al-Sanussi (d/o Ashta).
She died young.
e) Major-General Syed
Muhammad Safi-ud-din Pasha bin Syed Muhammad Al-Sharif Al-Sanussi, born at
Jaghbub on 10th August 1895 (s/o Khadeejah Al-Mahjub). He married
(first) at Al-Taj, Kufra in 1908 (divorced in 1917) to Aaisha, (married
second to Ibraheem bin Al-Arabi al-Ghumairi; died at Al-Aqaila in 1930),
daughter of Bu Saif Bi Muqarrib, (second) at Al-Taj, Kufra in 1913 (divorced
at Ajadabiya in 1922) to Fatima, daughter of Haji Ibraheem Sahhad, (third)
in the French Sudan in 1914 (divorced at Jalu in 1924) to Fatima (married
second to Hamaida bin Ahmad Al-Rifai; died at Abu Rewash in1941), daughter
of Abu Baker Qabbad, (fourth) at Ajadabiya in 1915 with Salama (died at
Mersa Matruh in1930), a lady from the Wadai, (fifth) at Ajadabiya in1916
(divorced in 1923) to Khadeejah (married second to Musa Al-Tariqi; died at
Al-Aqaila in 1930), (sixth) at Kufra in 1916 to Maryam (died at Mersa Matruh
in 1935), a Sudanese lady, (seventh) at Ajadabiya in 1917 (divorced in 1925)
to Hawa Al-Quraniyya (died at Mersa Matruh in 1935), (eighth) at Ajadabiya
in 1918 to Fadila (died in 1919), a lady from the Wadai, (ninth) at
Ajadabiya in 1918 (divorced in 1934) to Amina (born in 1892), daughter of
Abdullah, of the Muba tribe, (tenth) at Ajadabiya in 1920 to his cousin
Syeda Nafeesah binnat Syed Muhammad Al-Mahdi Al-Sanussi, fourth daughter of
Syed Muhammad Al-Mahdi bin Syed Muhammad Al-Sanussi, 2nd Grand Sanussi, by
his first wife, Fatima, (eleventh) at Ajadabiya in 1921 to Fattuma,
daughter of Abdul Karim, of the Al-Mahamid tribe, (twelfth) at Ajadabiya in
1922 to Amina al-Fallatiyya (died at Mersa Matruh in 1926), (thirteenth) at
Jaghbub in 1924 to Saida, daughter of Abdullah, of the Wadai, (fourteenth)
at Jaghbub in 1925 to Thaqaba Al-Tariqiyya (died at Bohera, Egypt in 1942),
(fifteenth) at Heliopolis in 1933 (divorced in 1940) to Aziza, daughter of
Muhammad Bey Shaheen and (sixteenth) in 1940 (divorced in 1942) to
Imbaraika, daughter of Jibril, of the Wadai. He died on 21st
October 1967, leaving twelve sons and five daughters:
(I) Syed Muhammad Al-Sharif
bin Syed Muhammad Safi- ud-din Al-Sanussi (s/o Hawa al-Quraniyya). He died
young. (II) Syed Hassan bin Syed Muhammad Safi-ud-din Al-Sanussi (s/o Hawa
al-Quraniyya). He died young. (III) Syed Mammon bin Syed Muhammad
Safi-ud-din Al-Sanussi (s/o Fadila). He died young. (IV) Syed Ali bin Syed
Muhammad Safi-ud-din Al-Sanussi, born at Ajadabiya in 1920 (s/o Amina). He
banished on 15th October 1954. (V) Syed Ahmad Al-Rida bin Syed
Muhammad Safi-ud-din Al-Sanussi, born at Ajadabiya in 1922 (s/o Amina). He
banished 15th October 1954, leaving six sons: (1) Syed Mishal bin
Syed Al-Rida Al-Sanussi. (2) Syed Yusri bin Syed Al-Rida Al-Sanussi. (3)
Syed Sharif bin Syed Al-Rida Al-Sanussi. (4) Syed Faiq bin Syed Al-Rida
Al-Sanussi. (5) Syed Talal bin Syed Al-Rida Al-Sanussi. (6) Syed Saud bin
Syed Al-Rida Al-Sanussi. (VI) Syed Ahmad Mansoor bin Syed Muhammad
Safi-ud-din Al-Sanussi, born at Ajadabiya in 1922 (s/o Fatima Qabbad). He
had issue, one son: Syed Saleh bin Syed Mansoor Al-Sanussi. (VII) Syed Ahmad
Fakhr-ud-din bin Syed Muhammad Safi-ud-din Al-Sanussi, born at Jaghbub in
1923 (s/o Nafeesah). He was father of five sons: (1) Syed Ala bin Syed
Fakhri Al-Sanussi. (2) Syed Faisal bin Syed Fakhri Al-Sanussi. (3) Syed
Khalid bin Syed Fakhri Al-Sanussi. (4) Syed Walid bin Syed Fakhri
Al-Sanussi. (5) Syed Hisham bin Syed Fakhri Al-Sanussi. (VIII) Syed Ahmad
Kamal bin Syed Muhammad Safi-ud-din Al-Sanussi, born at Mersa Matruh, 1926
(s/o Saida). (IX) Syed Muhammad Al-Sanussi bin Syed Muhammad Safi-ud-din
Al-Sanussi, born in Egypt in 1927 (s/o Imbaraika). (X) Syed Adil bin Syed
Muhammad Safi-ud-din Al-Sanussi. (XI) Syed Amin bin Syed Muhammad
Safi-ud-din Al-Sanussi. (XII) Syed Sabri bin Syed Muhammad Safi-ud-din
Al-Sanussi. (XIII). Syeda Fatima Al-Nasira binnat Syed Muhammad Safi-ud-din
Al-Sanussi, born at Tarhuna in 1916. (d/o Salama). She was married to her
cousin, Syed Muhammad Abdul Muttlib bin Syed Muhammad Al Abid Al-Sanussi,
fifth son of Syed Muhammad Al Abid Pasha, by his third wife, Zahra
al-Quraniyya. She became mother of one son. (XIV) Syeda Radiyya binnat Syed
Muhammad Safi-ud-din Al-Sanussi, born at Ajadabiya in 1922 (s/o Khadeejah),
married her cousin, Syed Muhammad Tahir bin Syed Muhammad Al Abid
Al-Sanussi, ninth son of Syed Muhammad Al Abid Pasha, by his fifth wife, Umm
Bashayir.(XV) Syeda Safiyya binnat Syed Muhammad Safi-ud-din Al-Sanussi,
born between Jaghbub and Siva in 1924. (XVI). Syeda Latifa binnat Syed
Muhammad Safi ud-din Al-Sanussi, born at Mersa Matruh, 1925 (d/o Amina
Al-Fallatiyya). (XVII). Syeda Laila binnat Syed Muhammad Safi-ud-din
Al-Sanussi, born at Alexandria, Egypt in 1935.
f) Syeda Aaisha binnat Syed
Muhammad Al-Sharif Al-Sanussi, born at Jaghbub in 1873 (d/o Fatima
as-Ashhab), married at Al-Jauf, Kufra in 1896/1897 to her first cousin,
Idrees I, King of the United Kingdom of Libya, (born at Jaghbub on 12th
March 1889; died at the Sultan Palace, Dokki, Cairo on 25th May
1983, sixth son of her uncle, Syed Muhammad Al-Mahdi bin Syed Muhammad
Al-Sanussi, 2nd Grand Sanussi, by his wife, Aaisha. She died at
Kufra in 1907 (or 1905), having had issue, an only son.
g) Syeda Fatima Al-Sunnia
binnat Syed Muhammad Al-Sharif Al-Sanussi, born at Jaghbub in 1876 (d/o
Khadeejah al-Fituri), married at Al-Jauf, Kufra in 1896/1897 (divorced at
Ajadabiya in 1921) to her first cousin, Syed Muhammad Al-Rida Pasha, Crown
Prince of Libya (born at Jaghbub on 18th April 1890; died
suddenly at Tripoli on 29th July 1955), seventh son of her uncle,
Syed Muhammad Al-Mahdi bin Syed Muhammad Al-Sanussi, 2nd Grand
Sanussi, by his wife, Fatima. She died at Madina in 1940, leaving one
daughter.
4) Syed Muhammad Ali bin
Syed Muhammad Al-Sanussi, born in 1851 (s/o Fatima Al-Biskri). He died in
1853.
Syed Muhammad Al-Mahdi bin Syed Muhammad Al-Sanussi,
2nd Grand Sanussi
Syed Muhammad Al-Mahdi bin
Syed Muhammad Al-Sanussi, 2nd Grand Sanussi was born in a cave at
Massa, near Al-Bayda on 12th November 1844. He succeeded as Head
of the Sanussi Order on the death of his father in 1859. He married (first)
at Jaghbub in August 1859 to Fatima (died at Jaghbub in 1891), daughter of
Abu Musa Umran bin Barkat Al-Fituri, (second) at Jaghbub in 1871 to Hawa,
daughter of Muhammad Abu Zaid, (third) at Jaghbub in 1872 to Aaisha (died in
1875), elder daughter of Muqarrib, of Barasa, (fourth) at Jaghbub in 1876 to
Fatima, younger daughter of Muqarrib, of Barasa, (fifth) at Jaghbub in 1889
to Aaisha (died in 1894), daughter of Ahmad bin Ali Abu Saif, of Syrte,
(sixth) to Fatima (died at Benghazi in 1937), daughter of Muhammad Ali bin
Ibraheem Al-Ghumairi, of the Umran family of Jebel al-Akhdar, (seventh) at
Jaghbub in 1892 to Khaira (died in 1894), daughter of Muhammad bin Tawil,
(eighth) at Jaghbub in 1895 to Khadeejah, of the Bu Saif family of Syrte
and (ninth) to Fatima, a sister of Muhammad Hassan Al-Biskri. He died at
Quru on 1st June 1902, leaving nine sons and ten daughters:
(1) Syed Muhammad Al-Sharif
bin Syed Muhammad Al-Mahdi Al-Sanussi, born in 1861 (s/o Fatima Al-Fituri),
died young. (2) Syed Muhammad bin Syed Muhammad Al-Mahdi Al-Sanussi (s/o
Fatima al-Fituri), died young. (3) Syed Muhammad bin Syed Muhammad Al-Mahdi
Al-Sanussi (s/o Hawa), died young.(4) Syed Muhammad Al-Sharif bin Syed
Muhammad Al-Mahdi Al-Sanussi (s/o Hawa), died young. (5) Syed Muhammad Sadiq
bin Syed Muhammad Al-Mahdi Al-Sanussi (s/o Aaisha Muqarrib), died young. (6)
Syed Muhammad Idrees bin Syed Muhammad Al-Mahdi Al-Sanussi, who became King
Idrees I, King of Libya (s/o Aaisha).
(7) Syed Muhammad Al-Rida
Pasha, born at Jaghbub on 19th April 1890 (s/o Fatima). His
brother appointed him as Heir Apparent to the Amirate in 1920 while he was
personal representative of King Idrees, after he went to exile in Egypt from
1923 to 1928 and exiled to Sicily by the Italians from 1928 to1935. He was
confirmed as Crown Prince of Libya on 22nd December 1953. He
married (first) at Al-Jauf, Kufra in 1896/1897 (divorced at Ajadabiya in
1921) to his first cousin, Syeda Fatima Al-Sunnia binnat Syed Muhammad
Al-Sharif Al-Sanussi (born at Jaghbub in 1876; died at Madina in 1940),
younger daughter of his uncle, Syed Muhammad Al-Sharif bin Syed Muhammad
Al-Sanussi, by his third wife, Khadeejah, (second) at Al-Taj in 1907
(divorced in 1907) to Fatima (born in 1897; married second to Abdullah
Al-Sharif Al-Khattabi, and died at Mersa Matruh in 1931), daughter of his
maternal uncle, Arabi al-Ghumairi, (third) at Al-Taj, Kufra in 1907
(divorced at Ajadabiya in 1921) to Fatima al-Furiyya, a lady from Dafur,
(fourth) at Kufra in 1908 to Halima al-Tariqiyya (died at Kufra in 1916),
(fifth) at Al-Taj, Kufra in 1911 (divorced at Jalu in 1924) to Kulsum
Al-Mubawiyya, a Sudanese lady, (sixth) at Kufra in 1911 to Hawa
Al-Hajarawiyya, (seventh) at Al-Taj, Kufra in 1911 (divorced in 1911) to
Fadila (married second in 1925 and divorced in 1928 to Humaida bin Al-Alami
Al-Ghumairi; married third in 1928 to Al-Shuwaikh bin Mukhtar), daughter of
his maternal uncle, Al-Sanussi Al-Ghumairi, (eighth) at Kufra in 1911 to
Zainab Al-Quraniyya, (ninth) at Ajadabiya in 1922 to Karima, a lady from the
Wadai, (tenth) at Ajadabiya in 1922 (divorced) with Imbaraika
Al-Fallatiyya, (eleventh) at Jalu in 1923 to Fatima al-Tariqiyya (died at
Jalu in 1924), (twelfth) at Jalu in 1924 to Zahra Al-Quraniyya, (thirteenth)
at Jalu in 1924 to Masuda Al-Tariqiyya and (fourteenth) in 1926 (divorced in
1929) to Mabruka Al-Tariqiyya (born in 1899; married second in 1930 to Ali
Bu Madwar Al-Majabari, and died at Tripoli on 29th December
1996). He died suddenly at Tripoli on 29th July 1955, leaving
five sons and ten daughters:
a) Syed Al-Sadiq bin Syed
Muhammad Al-Rida Al-Sanussi, born at Al-Taj, Kufra on 6th
November 1908 (s/o Fatima al-Furiyya), married (first) at Jalu in 1926
(divorced in 1927) to Zainab Al-Barnawiya (married second to younger brother
of her Ex-husband, Syed Hassan bin Syed Muhammad Al-Rida Al-Sanussi),
(second) at Siva in 1930 to Rukkiya, daughter of Al-Fazil Al-Kammash,
(third) in Egypt in 1942 to Karima, a Sudanese lady. He left three sons and
two daughters: (I) Syed Muhammad Al-Sharif bin Syed Al-Sadiq Al-Sanussi,
born at Ajadabiya in 1927 (s/o Zainab al-Barnawiya). He was father of a son:
Syed Al-Sadiq bin Syed Al-Sharif Al-Sanussi. (II) Syed Muhammad Al-Mahdi bin
Syed Al-Sadiq Al-Sanussi, born in Egypt in 1937 (s/o Rukkiya). He left one
son: Syed Idrees bin Al-Mahdi Syed Al-Sharif Al-Sanussi. (III) Syed Hussain
bin Syed Al-Sadiq Al-Sanussi. (IV). Syeda Thuraya binnat Syed Al-Sadiq
Al-Sanussi, born in Egypt in 1937 (s/o Rukkiya). (V). Syeda Zahra binnat
Syed Al-Sadiq Al-Sanussi, born in Egypt in 1941 (d/o Rukkiya).
b) Syed Hassan bin Syed
Muhammad Al-Rida Al-Sanussi, born at Kufra in 1913 (s/o Kulsum
Al-Mubawiyya). He married (first) on the Jebel Al-Akhdar, 1928 (divorced in
1930) to Salma, daughter of Muhammad Bu Najwa, (second) on the Jebel
Al-Akhdar in 1928 (divorced in 1929) to Sharifa Al-Furiyya, (third) on the
Jebel Al-Akhdar in 1929 (divorced) to Salma, daughter of Al-Alami
Al-Ghumairi, (fourth) at Benghazi in 1930 to Zainab Al-Barnawiya, former
wife of his elder brother, Syed Al-Sadiq bin Syed Muhammad Al-Rida
Al-Sanussi. He died in Sicily in 1938, leaving two daughters: (I) Syeda
Fatima binnat Syed Hassan Al-Sanussi, born at Benghazi in 1930 (d/o Salma Bu
Najwa). (II). Syeda Wanisa binnat Syed Hassan Al-Sanussi, born at Benghazi
in 1930 (s/o Zainab Al-Barnawiya).
c) Syed Al-Sanussi bin Syed
Muhammad Al-Rida Al-Sanussi, born at Al-Azziyat in 1918 (s/o Fatima
Al-Furiyya), married in Egypt in 1940 to his cousin, Syeda Fatima
Al-Jaghbubiya binnat Syed Ahmad Al-Sharif Al-Sanussi (born at Kufra in
1916), youngest daughter of Field Marshal Syed Ahmad Al-Sharif Pasha bin
Syed Muhammad Al-Sharif Al-Sanussi, 3rd Grand Sanussi, by his
eighth wife, Zainab Al-Quraniyya. He died in 1984, leaving two sons and one
daughter: (I) Syed Al-Rida bin Syed Al-Sanussi. (II) Syed Luqman bin Syed
Al-Sanussi. (III). Syeda Rajah binnat Syed Al-Sanussi, born at Cairo in 1941
(d/o Syeda Fatima).
d). Syed Mustafa Al-Rida
bin Syed Muhammad Al-Rida Al-Sanussi, born at Jalu in 1923 (s/o Imbaraika
al-Fallatiyya). He was father of one son: Syed Al-Rida bin Syed Mustafa
Al-Rida Al-Sanussi. b. 1960. He has issue, two sons: (1) Syed Mustafa bin
Syed Al-Rida Al-Sanussi. (2) Syed Muhammad Al-Mahdi bin Syed Al-Rida
Al-Sanussi.
e). Syed Hassan Al-Rida
Al-Mahdi Al-Sanussi, Crown Prince and Head of the Royal House of Libya (s/o
Imbaraika al-Fallatiyya).
f) Syeda Aaisha binnat Syed
Muhammad Al-Rida Al-Sanussi, born at Kufra in 1908 (d/o Halima
al-Tariqiyya), married at Mersa Matruh in 1932 to her cousin, Syed Abdullah
bin Syed Ahmad Al-Sharif Al-Sanussi, fourth son of Field Marshal Syed Ahmad
Al-Sharif Pasha bin Syed Muhammad Al-Sharif Al-Sanussi, 3rd Grand
Sanussi, by his sixth wife, Maryam al-Tariqiyya.
g) Syeda Fadila binnat Syed
Muhammad Al-Rida Al-Sanussi, born at Kufra in 1909 (d/o Syeda Fatima
Al-Sunnia), married at Mersa Matruh in 1932 to Syed Muhammad Al Arabi bin
Syed Ahmad Al-Sharif Al-Sanussi, third son of Field Marshal Syed Ahmad
Al-Sharif Pasha bin Syed Muhammad Al-Sharif Al-Sanussi, 3rd Grand
Sanussi, by his second wife, Khadeejah.
h) Syeda Khadeejah binnat
Syed Muhammad Al-Rida Al-Sanussi, born at Kufra in 1914 (d/o Zainab
al-Quraniyya), married at Abu Rewash, Egypt in 1944 to her cousin, Syed
Ahmad Idrees bin Syed Muhammad Al Abid Al-Sanussi, adopted by King Idrees I,
and fourth son of Syed Muhammad Al Abid Pasha, by his first wife, Fatima.
i). Syeda Rukkiya binnat
Syed Muhammad Al-Rida Al-Sanussi, born at Kufra in 1915 (d/o Kulsum
Al-Mubawiyya), married at Cairo, Egypt in 1943 to Syed Muhammad Al-Siddique
bin Syed Muhammad Al Abid Al-Sanussi , eleventh son of Syed Muhammad Al Abid
Pasha, by his sixth wife, Memoona.
j) Syeda Fatima binnat Syed
Muhammad Al-Rida Al-Sanussi, born at Kufra in 1917 (d/o Fatima al-Furiyya),
married at Mersa Matruh in 1932 to her cousin, Syed Al-Zubair bin Syed Ahmad
Al-Sharif Al-Sanussi, fifth son of Field Marshal Syed Ahmad Al-Sharif Pasha
bin Syed Muhammad Al-Sharif Al-Sanussi, 3rd Grand Sanussi, by his
fifth wife, Hawa Al-Quraniyya II. She became mother of three sons and one
daughter.
k). Syeda Fatima Al-Zahra
binnat Syed Muhammad Al-Rida Al-Sanussi, born at Jalu in 1923 (d/o Hawa
Al-Hajarawiyya).
l). Syeda Hassania binnat
Syed Muhammad Al-Rida Al-Sanussi, born at Jalu in 1924 (d/o Hawa
Al-Hajarawiyya).
m). Syeda Zakiyya binnat
Syed Muhammad Al-Rida Al-Sanussi, born at Jalu in 1924 (d/o Karima).
n). Syeda Anisa binnat Syed
Muhammad Al-Rida Al-Sanussi, born at Jalu in 1926 (d/o Zahra Al-Quraniyya).
o). Syeda Fathiyya binnat
Syed Muhammad Al-Rida Al-Sanussi, born at Benghazi in 1930 (d/o Imbaraika
Al-Fallatiyya).
8) Syed Muhammad Yahya bin
Syed Muhammad Al-Mahdi Al-Sanussi (s/o Aaisha Abu Saif). He died young.
9) Syed Al-Rida bin Syed
Muhammad Al-Mahdi Al-Sanussi (s/o Fatima Al- Ghumairi). He died young.
10) Syeda Safiyya binnat
Syed Muhammad Al-Mahdi Al-Sanussi, born at Jaghbub in 1883 (d/o Fatima
Al-Fituri), married in the Hijaz in 1928, as his ninth wife to Field Marshal
Syed Ahmad Al-Sharif Pasha bin Syed Muhammad Al-Sharif Al-Sanussi, 3rd
Grand Sanussi , eldest son of Syed Muhammad Al-Sharif bin Syed Muhammad
Al-Sanussi, by his third wife, Khadeejah.
11). Syeda Khadeejah binnat
Syed Muhammad Al-Mahdi Al-Sanussi (d/o Fatima Muqarrib). She died young.
12). Syeda Atika binnat
Syed Muhammad Al-Mahdi Al-Sanussi, born at Jaghbub in 1886 (d/o Aaisha Abu
Saif). She died unmarried at Kufra in 1914, while engaged to her cousin,
Syed Muhammad Abid.
13) Syeda Nafeesah binnat
Syed Muhammad Al-Mahdi Al-Sanussi, born at Jaghbub in 1888 (d/o Fatima
Al-Fituri) and married at Ajadabiya in 1920, as his tenth wife to her
cousin, Major-General Syed Muhammad Safi-ud-din Pasha bin Syed Muhammad
Al-Sharif Al-Sanussi (born at Jaghbub on 10th August 1895; died
on 21st October 1967), fifth son of Syed Muhammad Al-Sharif bin
Syed Muhammad Al-Sanussi, by his fifth wife, Khadeejah.
14). Syeda Umama binnat
Syed Muhammad Al-Mahdi Al-Sanussi (d/o Aaisha Abu Saif). She died young.
15). Syeda Radiyya binnat
Syed Muhammad Al-Mahdi Al-Sanussi (d/o Fatima Al-Ghumairi). She died young,
at Al-Taj, Kufra.
16). Syeda
binnat Syed
Muhammad Al-Mahdi Al-Sanussi (d/o Fatima Al-Biskri). She died young, at
Al-Taj, Kufra.
17). Syeda
binnat Syed
Muhammad Al-Mahdi Al-Sanussi (d/o Fatima Al-Biskri). She died young, at
Al-Taj, Kufra.
18). Syeda
binnat Syed
Muhammad Al-Mahdi Al-Sanussi (d/o Fatima Al-Biskri). She died young, at
Qiru.
19) Syeda Fatima
Al-Hassania binnat Syed Muhammad Al-Mahdi Al-Sanussi, born at Kufra in 1902
(d/o Khadeejah Bu Saif), married at Ajadabiya in 1922, as his seventh wife
to her cousin, Syed Muhammad Hilal Pasha bin Syed Muhammad Al-Sharif
Al-Sanussi (born at Jaghbub in June/July 1894; died at Alexandria, Egypt in
December 1929), fourth son of Syed Muhammad Al-Sharif bin Syed Muhammad
Al-Sanussi, by his sixth wife, Aaisha. She died at Tarabulus on 20th
October 1966, having had issue, two sons.
Field Marshal Syed Ahmed Al-Sharif Pasha bin Syed
Muhammad Al-Sharif Al-Sanussi, 3rd Grand Sanussi
Field Marshal Syed Ahmad
Al-Sharif Pasha bin Syed Muhammad Al-Sharif Al-Sanussi, born at Jaghbub in
November/December 1873. He was proclaimed as Head of the Sanussi Order
after the death of his brother on 2nd June 1902, returned the
capital to Kufra in same year and accepted Turkish protection in 1908. Libya
was granted full autonomy by the terms of the Treaty of Lausanne in 1912,
the Caliph then appointing Syed Ahmad as his representative in Africa. He
resigned in favor of his nephew in 1916. He was elected as King of Iraq by
the Turkish assembly at Ankara in April 1921, but was passed over by the
Iraqi National Assembly in Baghdad.
He married (first) at
Jaghbub in 1893 to Masuda (died at Abu Rewash in 1942), a Sudanese, (second)
at Jaghbub in 1895 to Khadeejah, daughter of Ahmad Al-Rifi, (third) at
Jaghbub in1895 to Aaisha (died at Kufra in 1909), daughter of Mustafa
Al-Mahjub , (fourth) at Jaghbub in 1896 to Hawa Al-Quraniyya (born in 1870;
died at Mersa Matruh in 1934), (fifth) at Kufra in 1903 to Hawa
Al-Quraniyya, (sixth) at Kufra in 1904 to Maryam Al-Tariqiyya, (seventh) at
Kufra in 1904 to Khaira (died at Kufra in 1910), daughter of Muhammad
Al-Hani Al-Akrami, (eighth) at Kufra in 1913 to Zainab Al-Quraniyya and
(ninth) in the Hijaz in 1928 to his cousin, Syeda Safiyya binnat Syed
Muhammad Al-Mahdi Al-Sanussi , eldest daughter of Syed Muhammad Al-Mahdi bin
Syed Muhammad Al-Sanussi, 2nd Grand Sanussi, by his first wife,
Fatima Al-Fituri. He died at Madina on 10th March 1933, leaving
seven sons and six daughters:
1) Syed Ibraheem bin Syed
Ahmad Al-Sharif Al-Sanussi, born at Kufra in 1903 (s/o Hawa Al-Quraniyya I)
He married (first) in 1919 to Maryam, a Sudanese lady, (second) at Jaghbub
in 1920 to Mabruka (died at Mersa Matruh in 1937), a Sudanese and (third) in
1924, Saleha Al-Sharkasiyya. He left five sons and two daughters: (a). Syed
Bashir bin Syed Ibraheem Al-Sanussi, born at Kufra in 1924 (s/o Mabruka).
He banished on 15th October 1954. (b). Syed Kamil bin Syed
Ibraheem Al-Sanussi, born at Siva in 1925 (s/o Saleha Al-Sharkasiyya). He
also banished on 15th October 1954, leaving, four sons, behind.
(I) Syed Najib bin Syed Kamil Al-Sanussi. (II) Syed Ismat bin Syed Kamil
Al-Sanussi. (III) Syed Fauzi bin Syed Kamil Al-Sanussi. (IV) Syed Midhat bin
Syed Kamil Al-Sanussi. (c) Syed Fathi bin Syed Ibraheem Al-Sanussi, born at
Mersa Matruh in 1927 (s/o Saleha Al-Sharkasiyya). He was father of two sons:
(I) Syed Nabil bin Syed Fathi Al-Sanussi. (II) Syed Hani bin Syed Fathi
Al-Sanussi. (d). Syed Yahya bin Syed Ibraheem Al-Sanussi, born at Mersa
Matruh in 1932 (s/o Saleha Al-Sharkasiyya). (e) Syed Ali bin Syed Ibraheem
Al-Sanussi. (f). Syeda Nafeesah binnat Syed Ibraheem Al-Sanussi, born at
Kufra in 1903 (d/o Maryam). (g). Syeda Nawal binnat Syed Ibraheem
Al-Sanussi, born at Abu Rewash in 1940 (d/o Khadeejah).
2) Syed Mohi-ud-din bin
Syed Ahmad Al-Sharif Al-Sanussi, born at Kufra in 1904. He married (first)
at Jaghbub in 1922 to Salma (died at Abu Rewash in 1942), daughter of
Abdullah Al-Tariqiyya, (second) at Alexandria, Egypt in 1930 to Fatima,
daughter of Al-Rida Al-Khalidi. He left seven sons and five daughters: (a)
Syed Ahmad bin Syed Mohi-ud-din Al-Sharif Al-Sanussi, born at Mersa Matruh
in 1928 (s/o Salma al-Tariqiyya). He banished on 15th October
1954, leaving two sons behind. (I) Syed Wali bin Syed Ahmad Al-Sanussi. (II)
Syed Annas bin Syed Ahmad Al-Sanussi. (b). Syed Muhammad Al-Sanussi bin Syed
Mohi-ud-din Al-Sanussi, born at Mersa Matruh in 1930 (s/o Salma). (c) Syed
Muhammad Al-Sharif bin Syed Mohi-ud-din Al-Sharif Al-Sanussi, born at Mersa
Matruh, 1932 (s/o Fatima). He was executed at Benghazi on 6th
February 1955. (d) Syed Mustafa bin Syed Mohi-ud-din Al-Sanussi, born at
Mersa Matruh in 1933 (s/o Salma al-Tariqiyya). He banished on 15th
October 1954. (e) Syed Maher bin Syed Mohi-ud-din Al-Sharif Al-Sanussi. (f)
Syed Farooq bin Syed Mohi-ud-din Al-Sanussi. (g) Syed Faiq bin Syed
Mohi-ud-din Al-Sanussi. (h). Syeda Fatima Al-Zahra binnat Syed Mohi-ud-din
Al-Sanussi, born at Kufra in 1925 (d/o Salma). (i). Syeda Faiza binnat Syed
Mohi-ud-din Al-Sanussi, born at Mersa Matruh in 1933 (d/o Fatima). (j).
Syeda Fathiyya binnat Syed Mohi-ud-din Al-Sanussi, born at Mersa Matruh in
1940 (d/o Fatima). (k). Syeda Fayiqa binnat Syed Mohi-ud-din Al-Sanussi,
born at Abu Rewash in 1943 (d/o Fatima).
3) Syed Muhammad Al Arabi
bin Syed Ahmad Al-Sharif Al-Sanussi, born at Kufra in 1906 (s/o Khadeejah).
He married (first) at Kufra in 1924 to Fatima, daughter of Muhammad Saleh
Al-Biskri, (second) at Mersa Matruh in 1932 to his cousin, Syeda Fadila
binnat Syed Muhammad Al-Rida Al-Sanussi, second daughter of Syed Muhammad
Al-Rida Pasha, Crown Prince of Libya, by his first wife, Syeda Fatima
Al-Sunnia binnat Syed Muhammad Al-Sharif Al-Sanussi, younger daughter of his
uncle, Syed Muhammad Al-Sharif bin Syed Muhammad Al-Sanussi. He died in
1963, leaving, nine sons and one daughter: (a). Syed Malik bin Syed Muhammad
Al Arabi Al-Sanussi, born at Mersa Matruh in 1933 (s/o Syeda Fadila).(b).
Syed Numan bin Syed Muhammad Al Arabi Al-Sanussi, born at Mersa Matruh in
1935 (s/o Syeda Fadila). (c). Syed Al-Shafi bin Syed Muhammad Al Arabi
Al-Sanussi, born at Mersa Matruh in 1937 (s/o Fatima al-Biskri). (d). Syed
Hanbali bin Syed Muhammad Al Arabi Al-Sanussi, born at Mersa Matruh in 1939
(s/o Fatima Al-Biskri).(e) Syed Nafi bin Syed Muhammad Al Arabi Al-Sanussi,
born at Mersa Matruh in 1940 (s/o Syeda Fadila). He left one son: Syed
Idrees bin Syed Nafi Al-Sanussi. (f). Syed Usama bin Syed Muhammad Al Arabi
Al-Sanussi, born at Abu Rewash in 1941 (s/o Syeda Fadila). (g) Syed Abu
Baker bin Syed Muhammad Al Arabi Al-Sanussi, born at Abu Rewash in 1942 (s/o
Fatima Al-Biskri).(h) Syed Umar bin Syed Muhammad Al Arabi Al-Sanussi, born
on 20th May 1949 (s/o Syeda Fadila). He was adopted by King
Idrees and Queen Fatima. (i) Syed Adnan bin Syed Muhammad Al Arabi
Al-Sanussi. (j). Syeda Aziza binnat Syed Muhammad Al Arabi Al-Sanussi, born
at Mersa Matruh in 1930 (d/o Fatima).
4) Syed Abdullah bin Syed
Ahmad Al-Sharif Al-Sanussi, born at Kufra in 1906 (s/o Maryam al-Tariqiyya).
He married at Mersa Matruh in 1932 to Syeda Aaisha binnat Syed Muhammad
Al-Rida Al-Sanussi, eldest daughter of Syed Muhammad Al-Rida Pasha, Crown
Prince of Libya, by his fourth wife, Halima Al-Tariqiyya. He left, four sons
and three daughters: (a) Syed Zain-ul-Abideen bin Abdullah Al-Sanussi, born
at Mersa Matruh in 1938 (s/o Syeda Aaisha). (b) Syed Hussain bin Abdullah
Al-Sanussi, born at Abu Rewash in 1940 (s/o Syeda Aaisha). (c) Syed Abdul
Muttlib bin Abdullah Al-Sanussi. (d) Syed Hisham bin Abdullah Al-Sanussi.
(e) Syeda Aida binnat Syed Abdullah Al-Sanussi, born at Mersa Matruh in 1934
(d/o Syeda Aaisha). (f). Syeda Lubna binnat Syed Abdullah Al-Sanussi, born
at Mersa Matruh in 1936 (d/o Syeda Aaisha). (g). Syeda Ibtisham binnat Syed
Abdullah Al-Sanussi, born at Abu Rewash in 1943 (d/o Syeda Aaisha).
5). Syed Al-Zubair bin Syed
Ahmad Al-Sharif Al-Sanussi, born at Kufra in 1908 (s/o Hawa Al-Quraniyya).
He married at Mersa Matruh in 1932 to Syeda Fatima binnat Syed Muhammad
Al-Rida Al-Sanussi (born at Kufra in 1917), fifth daughter of Syed Muhammad
Al-Rida Pasha, Crown Prince of Libya, by his third wife, Fatima Al-Furiyya.
He left five sons and one daughter: (a) Syed Ahmad Mindas bin Syed Al-Zubair
Al-Sanussi, born at Mersa Matruh in 1934 (s/o Syeda Fatima). (b) Syed Ahmad
Rashid bin Syed Al-Zubair Al-Sanussi, born at Mersa Matruh in 1937 (s/o
Syeda Fatima). (c) Syed Hassan bin Syed Al-Zubair Al-Sanussi, born at Mersa
Matruh in 1939 (s/o Syeda Fatima). He left two sons: (I) Syed Abbas bin Syed
Hassan Al-Sanussi. (II) Syed Ahmad bin Syed Hassan Al-Sanussi. (d) Syed
Muhammad Mohsin bin Syed Al-Zubair Al-Sanussi. (e) Syed Atif bin Syed
Al-Zubair Al-Sanussi. (f). Syeda Suad binnat Syed Al-Zubair Al-Sanussi, born
at Abu Rewash in1943 (d/o Syeda Fatima).
6). Syed Abu Al-Qasim bin
Syed Ahmad Al-Sharif Al-Sanussi, born at Kufra in 1910 (s/o Maryam
al-Tariqiyya). He married at Alexandria in 1936, to Safiyya, daughter of
Muhammad Al-Rida Al-Khalidi. He had issue, five sons and three daughters:
(a) Syed Amin bin Syed Abu Al-Qasim Al-Sanussi, born at Abu Rewash, 1941
(s/o Safiyya). (b) Syed Ramzi bin Syed Abu Al-Qasim Al-Sanussi. (c) Syed
Muhammad bin Syed Abu Al-Qasim Al-Sanussi. (d) Syed Fawwad bin Syed Abu
Al-Qasim Al-Sanussi. (e) Syed Ahmad bin Syed Abu Al-Qasim Al-Sanussi. (f).
Syeda Farida binnat Syed Abu Al-Qasim Al-Sanussi, born at Mersa Matruh in
1937 (d/o Safiyya). (g). Syeda Asma binnat Syed Abu Al-Qasim Al-Sanussi,
born at Mersa Matruh in 1939 (d/o Safiyya). (h). Syeda Amal binnat Syed Abu
Al-Qasim Al-Sanussi, born at Benghazi in 1944 (d/o Safiyya).
7) Syed Ahmad Idrees bin
Syed Ahmad Al-Sharif Al-Sanussi, born at Kufra in 1911 (s/o Hawa
Al-Quraniyya II), married at Madina in 1933 to Mabruka. He died in the Hijaz
in 1934.
8) Syeda Fatima binnat Syed
Ahmad Al-Sharif Al-Sanussi, born at Jaghbub in 1899 (d/o Masuda), married at
Mersa Matruh, 1937, as his third wife to his cousin, Syed Muhammad
Shams-ud-din bin Syed Ali Al-Khattab Al-Sanussi (born at Kufra in 1908),
eldest son of Syed Ali Al-Khattabi Pasha Al-Sanussi, by his first wife,
Rukayya.
9) Syeda Rukayya binnat
Syed Ahmad Al-Sharif Al-Sanussi, born after 1899 (d/o Khadeejah), married at
Kufra in 1920 to Syed Muhammad Al-Sharif bin Syed Muhammad Al Abid
Al-Sanussi (born at Kufra in 1897; died at Fort Limy, Chad in 1931), eldest
son of Syed Muhammad Al Abid Pasha bin Syed Muhammad Al-Sharif Al-Sanussi,
by his first wife, Fatima. She died at Fort Limy, Chad in 1932.
10) Syeda Zainab binnat
Syed Ahmad Al-Sharif Al-Sanussi, born at Kufra in 1906 (d/o Hawa
al-Quraniyya II), married at Kufra in 1920, as his second wife to her
cousin, Syed Muhammad Shams-ud-din bin Syed Ali Al-Khattab Al-Sanussi,
eldest son of Syed Ali Al-Khattabi Pasha Al-Sanussi, by his first wife,
Rukayya.. She died at Alexandria in 1936, having had issue, one son and
three daughters.
11). Syeda Aaisha binnat
Syed Ahmad Al-Sharif Al-Sanussi, born at Kufra in 1908 (d/o Maryam
al-Tariqiyya).
12) Syeda Fatima Al-Shifa
binnat Syed Ahmad Al-Sharif Al-Sanussi (Queen Fatima), born at Kufra in 1910
(d/o Khadeejah), married at Siva in 1931, as his fourth wife to Shah. Idrees
I, King of the United Kingdom of Libya (born at Jaghbub on 12th
March 1889; died at Cairo on 25th May 1983), eldest son of Syed
Muhammad Al-Mahdi bin Syed Muhammad Al-Sanussi, 2nd Grand
Sanussi, by his wife, the lady from the Bu Saif family. She had issue an
only son.
13) Syeda Fatima
Al-Jaghbubiya binnat Syed Ahmad Al-Sharif Al-Sanussi, born at Kufra in 1916
(d/o Zainab Al-Quraniyya), married in Egypt in 1940 to Syed Al-Sanussi bin
Syed Muhammad Al-Rida Al-Sanussi, third son of Syed Muhammad Al-Rida Pasha,
Crown Prince of Libya, by his third
wife, Fatima al-Furiyya, a lady from Dafur. She had issue, one daughter.
Idrees I, First King of the United Kingdom of Libya
Idrees I, King of the United
Kingdom of Libya was born at Jaghbub on 12th March 1889. He
succeeded as Head of the Sanussi Order on the resignation of his uncle in
1916. He became Head of State on the departure of his uncle from Libya on
21st August 1918 and recognized as head of the Order Al-Sanussi
Amir and accorded the style of Highness by the Italian authorities in the
Treaty of Al-Rajma Italian authorities on 25th October 1920. He was
installed as Amir of Tripoli Tania on 28th July 1922, went into
exile in Egypt on 20th January 1923, recognized at a brief
ceremony at the Al-Manar Palace in Benghazi as Amir of Cyrenaica and granted
a salute of 19-guns on 1st June 1949. He enacted the first
constitution on 18th September 1949, chosen as King of Libya by
the National Congress on 2nd December and received their oath of
allegiance on 17th December 1950. He proclaimed the independence
of Libya and assumed the title of King of the United Kingdom of Libya on 24th
December 1951. He was deposed by a group of Army officers while convalescing
from an eye operation in Turkey on 1st September 1969.
He married (first) at Kufra
in 1896/1897 to his cousin, Syeda Aaisha binnat Syed Muhammad Al-Sharif
Al-Sanussi (born at Jaghbub in 1873; died at Kufra in 1907 or 1905), eldest
daughter of Syed Muhammad Al-Sharif bin Syed Muhammad Al-Sanussi, by his
fourth wife, Fatima, daughter of Umar bin Muhammad Al-Ashhab, of Fezzan,
(second) at Kufra in 1907 (divorced in 1922) to his cousin, Sakina, daughter
of Muhammad Al-Sharif, (third) at Kufra in 1911 (divorced in 1915) to
Nafeesah (married second to Muhammad Ahmad Abu Saif; married third in 1937,
), daughter of Ahmad Abu Al-Qasim Al-Isawi, (fourth) at Siva, Egypt in
1931 to Syeda Fatima Al-Shifa binnat Syed Ahmad Al-Sharif Al-Sanussi (Queen
Fatima Idrees) (born at Kufra in 1910), fifth daughter of Field Marshal Syed
Ahmad Al-Sharif Pasha bin Syed Muhammad Al-Sharif Al-Sanussi, 3rd
Grand Sanussi, by his second wife, Khadeejah, daughter of Ahmad Al-Rifi and
(fifth) at the Libyan Embassy, Cairo on 6th June 1955 (divorced
on 20th May 1958), Aliya Khanum Effendi (born at Guney, Egypt in
1913), daughter of Abdul-Qadir Lamlun Asadi Pasha.
He died at the Sultan Palace
Dokki, Cairo on 25th May 1983, leaving four sons and one
daughter: (1) Syed Muhammad Kamil bin Syed Muhammad Idrees Al-Sanussi, born
in 1907 (s/o Syeda Aaisha). He died young. (2) Syed Muhammad Al-Sharif bin
Syed Muhammad Idrees Al-Sanussi (s/o Sakina Al-Sharif). He died young. (3)
Syed Muhammad bin Syed Muhammad Idrees Al-Sanussi (s/o Nafeesah Abu Saif).
He died young. (4) A son, born at the US Air Force Base Hospital, Wheelus
Field, Tripoli on 1st February but died there on 2nd
February 1953. (5). Syeda Wanisa binnat Syed Muhammad Idrees Al-Sanussi (d/o
Sakina Al-Sharif). She died young.
King Idrees I and Queen
Fatima also adopted a daughter: Suleima, an Algerian refugee from the war
against the French. She was married to an Egyptian gentleman and lives in
Cairo.
Syed Hassan Al-Rida Al-Mahdi Al-Sanussi, Crown
Prince
Head of the Royal House of Libya
Syed Hassan Al-Rida Al-Mahdi
Al-Sanussi, Crown Prince and Head of the Royal House of
Libya was born in 1928, son of Crown
Prince Syed Muhammad Al-Rida. He was appointed Crown Prince of Libya by his
uncle on 26th October 1956 and succeeded on the abdication of
King Idrees on 4th August, but deposed by the coup d'etat before
the abdication could take effect on 1st September 1969. He was
imprisoned by Colonel
Qazzafi and
later confined under house arrest from 1969 to1988. He was permitted to
leave for London, together with his family in 1988.
He married at Tripoli on 30th
April 1959 to Fouzia, daughter of Tahir Bakir, sometime Governor of Tripoli
Tania. He died at London on 28th April 1992, leaving five sons
and three daughters: (1) Syed Al-Mahdi bin Syed Hassan Al-Rida Al-Mahdi
Al-Sanussi, born at Tripoli on 7th April 1960. He became father
of one son: Syed Idrees bin Syed Al-Mahdi Al-Sanussi. (2) Syed Muhammad bin
Syed Hassan Al-Rida Al-Mahdi Al-Sanussi, Head of the Royal House of Libya.
(3) Syed Khalid bin Syed Hassan Al-Rida Al-Mahdi Al-Sanussi, born in 1965.
(4) Syed Ashraf bin Syed Hassan Al-Rida Al-Mahdi Al-Sanussi, born in 1966.
(5) Syed Jalal bin Syed Hassan Al-Rida Al-Mahdi Al-Sanussi, born in 1976.
(6) Syeda Fatima binnat Syed Hassan Al-Rida Al-Mahdi Al-Sanussi, born in
1961 (twin with her sister Faiza). (7). Syeda Faiza binnat Syed Hassan
Al-Rida Al-Mahdi Al-Sanussi, born in 1961 (twin with her sister Fatima).
(8). Syeda Amal binnat Syed Hassan Al-Rida Al-Mahdi Al-Sanussi.
Syed Muhammad bin Syed
Hassan Al-Rida Al-Mahdi Al-Sanussi
Head of the Royal House of Libya
Syed
Muhammad bin Syed Hassan Al-Rida Al-Mahdi Al-Sanussi, Head of the Royal
House of Libya, born at Tripoli on 20th October 1962,
and succeeded on the death of
his father, as Head of the Royal House of
Libya
on 28th
April 1992.
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