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Muhammad ibn Ali al-Senussi
Muhammad ibn Ali al-Senussi, known as the Grand Senussi, was an Algerian-born scholar who founded the Senussi Sufi order in Mecca in 1837. He set up its first lodge in Cyrenaica at al-Bayda in 1843 and later moved its centre to the oasis of Jaghbub, building a network of lodges along the Saharan trade routes. His grandson Idris became the first king of Libya.
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