Idris of Libya
Idris (Arabic: إدريس الأول; El Sayyid Prince Muhammad Idris bin Muhammad al-Mahdi as-Senussi; 13 March 1890 – 25 May 1983)[1] was a Libyan political and religious leader. He was the Emir of Cyrenaica. Idris was the King of the United Kingdom of Libya (renamed as the Kingdom of Libya in 1963) from 1951 to 1969.[2] He was the chief of the Senussi Muslim order.
| Idris | |||||
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 King Idris in 1960 | |||||
| King of Libya | |||||
| 24 December 1951 – 1 September 1969 | |||||
| Prime ministers | See list
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| Born | 13 March 1890 Al-Jaghbub, Tripolitania Vilayet, Ottoman Empire | ||||
| Died | 25 May 1983 (aged 93) Cairo, Egypt | ||||
| Burial | |||||
| Spouse | Fatimah el-Sharif (m. 1931) | ||||
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| House | Senussi | ||||
| Father | Muhammad al-Mahdi as-Senussi | ||||
| Mother | Aisha bint Muqarrib al-Barasa | ||||
| Religion | Sunni Islam | ||||
Idris Of Libya Media
The traditional provinces of Libya; Idris was from the eastern province of Cyrenaica
The Cyrenaican flag used between 1949 and 1951
King Idris with then-U.S. Vice-president Richard Nixon (March 1957)
King Idris on the cover of the Libyan Al Iza'a magazine, 15 August 1965
King Idris meeting President Nasser of Egypt
Royal Standard of the King of Libya
Order of Idris I (Libya) - ribbon bar
Order of Muhammad ibn Ali al Sanussi
Order of Independence (Libya)
Order of the Osmanie lenta
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References
- ↑ "Idris I | Libya, Biography, & History". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 2021-09-12.
- ↑ 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.