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Bayda, Libya

Also known as Al Bayda

Bayda is a city in the Jebel Akhdar of eastern Libya, near the ruins of Cyrene. It grew around the first lodge, or zawiya, of the Senussi order, founded there by Muhammad ibn Ali al-Senussi in 1843. Under King Idris in the 1960s it was developed as a seat of government.

Bayda, Libya
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Senussi Order

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