Senussi resistance movement

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The Senussi resistance movement was an anti-colonial Islamic and tribal guerrilla movement in Libya that fought Italian occupation in the early 20th century.

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Senussi resistance movement canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Islamic movement ⓘ
Libyan resistance movement ⓘ
anti-colonial movement ⓘ
guerrilla movement ⓘ
activeIn Cyrenaica ⓘ
Fezzan ⓘ
Tripolitania ⓘ
conflict Italian conquest of Libya ⓘ
Pacification of Libya ⓘ
Senussi Campaign ⓘ
country Libya ⓘ
enemy Italian Royal Army ⓘ
Italian colonial authorities in Libya ⓘ
ethnicBase Arab tribes of Cyrenaica ⓘ
Berber and Tuareg groups in the south ⓘ
followedBy emergence of Kingdom of Libya ⓘ
goal defense of Islamic institutions ⓘ
expulsion of Italian forces from Libya ⓘ
preservation of tribal autonomy ⓘ
hasLeader Ahmad al-Sharif al-Senussi ⓘ
Idris al-Senussi ⓘ
Omar Mukhtar ⓘ
headquarters Cyrenaican interior ⓘ
historicalRegion Italian Libya ⓘ
ideology Islamic reformism ⓘ
anti-imperialism ⓘ
influenced Libyan nationalism ⓘ
inspiredBy Senussi order ⓘ
linked to: Senussi Order
locatedIn Libya ⓘ
mainOpponent Kingdom of Italy ⓘ
notableFigure Idris I of Libya ⓘ
Omar Mukhtar ⓘ
opposed Italian colonization of Libya ⓘ
Italian occupation of Cyrenaica ⓘ
Italian occupation of Tripolitania ⓘ
partOf Libyan resistance to Italian rule ⓘ
precededBy Ottoman rule in Libya ⓘ
religion Sunni Islam ⓘ
significantPeriod Italo-Turkish War ⓘ
World War I ⓘ
interwar period ⓘ
startTime early 20th century ⓘ
supportedBy local Bedouin tribes ⓘ
tribal confederations of Cyrenaica ⓘ
usedBase oases of eastern Libya ⓘ
usedLanguage Arabic ⓘ
usedTactics guerrilla warfare ⓘ
hit-and-run attacks ⓘ
tribal raiding ⓘ

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Pacification of Libya → opponent → Senussi resistance movement ⓘ