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LIBYA

The Sanussi Dynasty

GENEALOGY

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1859 - 1902 Sayyid Muhammad al-Mahdi bin Sayyid Muhammad al-Sanussi, 2^nd Grand Sanussi. b. in a cave at Massa, near al-Bayda, 12^th November 1844, second son of Sayyid Muhammad bin ‘Ali al-Sanussi al-Khattabi al-Mujahiri al-Idrisi al-Hasani, 1^st Grand Sanussi, by his third wife, Fatima binti Ahmad al-Fituri, educ. Mecca. Succeeded as Head of the Sanussi Order on the death of his father. Great expanded the number of ziwas in Cyrenaica, Tripolitania, Egypt, the Hijaz, central Sudan and the southern Sahara. Moved his capital to Kufra, 1895 and Quru in the Sudan in October 1899. m. (first) at Jaghbub, August 1859, Fatima (d. at Jaghbub, 1891), daughter of Abu Musa Umran bin Barakat al-Fituri. m. (second) at Jaghbub, 1871, Hawa, daughter of Muhammad Abu Zaid. m. (third) at Jaghbub, 1872, Aisha (d. 1875), elder daughter of Muqarrib, of Barasa. m. (fourth) at Jaghbub, 1876, Fatima, younger daughter of Muqarrib, of Barasa. m. (fifth) at Jaghbub, 1889, Aisha (d. 1894), daughter of Ahmad bin ‘Ali Abu Saif, of Syrte. m. (sixth) Fatima (d. at Benghazi, 1937; bur. Jaghbub), daughter of Muhammad ‘Ali bin Ibrahim al-Ghumari, of the ‘Umran family of Jebel al-Akhdar. m. (seventh) at Jaghbub, 1892, Khaira (d. 1894), daughter of Muhammad bin Tawil. m. (eighth) at Jaghbub, 1895, Khadija, of the Bu Saif family of Syrte. m. (ninth) Fatima, a sister of Muhammad Hasan al-Biskri. He d. at Quru, 1^st June 1902 (bur. Kufra), having had issue two sons and three daughters:

1) Sayyid Muhammad as-Sharif bin Sayyid Muhammad al-Mahdi al-Sanussi. b. 1861 (s/o Fatima al-Fituri). He d. young.
2) Sayyid Muhammad bin Sayyid Muhammad al-Mahdi al-Sanussi (s/o Fatima al-Fituri). He d. young.
3) Sayyid Muhammad bin Sayyid Muhammad al-Mahdi al-Sanussi (s/o Hawa). He d. young.
4) Sayyid Muhammad as-Sharif bin Sayyid Muhammad al-Mahdi al-Sanussi (s/o Hawa). He d. young.
5) Sayyid Muhammad Saddiq bin Sayyid Muhammad al-Mahdi al-Sanussi (s/o Aisha Muqarrib). He d. young.
6) Sayyid Muhammad Idris bin Sayyid Muhammad al-Mahdi al-Sanussi, who became H.M. King Idris I, King of Libya (s/o Aisha) - see below.
7) H.R.H. Crown Prince Sayyid Muhammad al-Rida Pasha. b. at Jaghbub, 19^th April 1890 (s/o Fatima), educ. privately. Confirmed as Kaimakam, and granted the title of Pasha by the Sultan of Turkey 1918. Appointed as Heir Apparent to the Amirate in 1920 by his brother. Personal representative of King Idris after he went into exile in Egypt 1923-1928, exiled to Sicily by the Italians 1928-1935. Chair. Libyan National Congress 1948. Confirmed as Crown Prince of Libya, 22^nd December 1953. Rcvd: Grand Collar of the Order of Idris I (1951). m. (first) at al-Jauf, Kufra, 1896/1897 (div. at Ajadabiya, 1921), his first cousin, Sayyida Fatima al-Sunniyya binti Sayyid Muhammad al-Sharif al-Sanussi (b. at Jaghbub, 1876; d. at Medina, 1940), younger daughter of his uncle, Sayyid Muhammad as-Sharif bin Sayyid Muhammad al-Sanussi, by his third wife, Khadija, daughter of Abu Musa Umran bin Baraka al-Fituri of Zlitin in Tripolitania. m. (second) at al-Taj, 1907 (div. 1907), Fatima (b. ca. 1897; m. second, ‘Abdu’llah al-Sharif al-Khattabi, and d. at Mersa Matruh, 1931), daughter of his maternal uncle, Arabi al-Ghumari. m. (third) at al-Taj, Kufra, 1907 (div. at Ajadabiya, 1921), Fatima al-Furiyya, a lady from Dafur. m. (fourth) at Kufra, 1908, Halima al-Tariqiyya (d. at Kufra, 1916). m. (fifth) at al-Taj, Kufra, 1911 (div. at Jalu, 1924), Kulthum al-Mubawiyya, a Sudanese lady. m. (sixth) at Kufra, 1911, Hawa al-Hajarawiyya. m. (seventh) at al-Taj, Kufra, 1911 (div. 1911), Fadila (m. second 1925 and div. 1928, Humaida bin al-Alami al-Ghumari; m. third, 1928, al-Shuwaikh bin Mukhtar), daughter of his maternal uncle, al-Sanussi al-Ghumari. m. (eighth) at Kufra, 1911, Zainab al-Quraniyya. m. (ninth) at Ajadabiya, 1922, Karima, a lady from the Wadai. m. (tenth) at Ajadabiya, 1922 (div.) Imbaraika al-Fallatiyya. m. (eleventh) at Jalu, 1923, Fatima al-Tariqiyya (d.s.p. at Jalu, 1924). m. (twelfth) at Jalu, 1924, Zohra al-Quraniyya. m. (thirteenth) at Jalu, 1924, Masuda al-Tariqiyya. m. (fourteenth) 1926 (div. 1929), Mabruka al-Tariqiyya (b. 1899; m. second, 1930, ‘Ali bu Madwar al-Majabari, and d.s.p. at Tripoli, 29^th December 1996). He d. suddenly at Tripoli, 29^th July 1955, having had issue, five sons and ten daughters:
- a) Sayyid as-Sadiq bin Sayyid Muhammad al-Rida al-Sanussi. b. at al-Taj, Kufra, 6^th November 1908 (s/o Fatima al-Furiyya), educ. Banished 15/10/1954. m. (first) at Jalu, 1926 (div. 1927), Zainab al-Barnawiya (m. second, his younger brother, Sayyid Hasan bin Sayyid Muhammad al-Rida al-Sanussi - see below). m. (second) at Siwa, 1930, Ruqayya, daughter of al-Fadil al-Kammash. m. (third) in Egypt, 1942, Karima, a Sudanese lady. He had issue, three sons and two daughters:
  - i) Sayyid Muhammad as-Sharif bin Sayyid as-Sadiq al-Sanussi. b. at Ajadabiya, 1927 (s/o Zainab al-Barnawiya). He has issue, a son:
    - (1) Sayyid as-Sadiq bin Sayyid as-Sharif al-Sanussi.
  - ii) Sayyid Muhammad al-Mahdi bin Sayyid as-Sadiq al-Sanussi. b. in Egypt, 1937 (s/o Ruqayya). He has issue, one son:
    - (1) Sayyid Idris bin al-Mahdi Sayyid as-Sharif al-Sanussi.
  - iii) Sayyid Husain bin Sayyid as-Sadiq al-Sanussi.
  - i) Sayyida Thurayya binti Sayyid as-Sadiq al-Sanussi. b. in Egypt, 1937 (s/o Ruqayya).
  - ii) Sayyida Zohra binti Sayyid as-Sadiq al-Sanussi. b. in Egypt, 1941 (d/o Ruqayya).
- b) Sayyid Hasan bin Sayyid Muhammad al-Rida al-Sanussi. b. at Kufra, 1913 (s/o Kulthum al-Mubawiyya). m. (first) on the Jabal al-Akhdar, 1928 (div. 1930), Salma, daughter of Muhammad bu Najwa. m. (second) on the Jabal al-Akhdar, 1928 (div. 1929), Sharifa al-Furiyya. m. (third) on the Jabal al-Akhdar, 1929 (div.) Salma, daughter of al-Alami al-Ghumari. m. (fourth) at Benghazi, 1930, Zainab al-Barnawiya, former wife of his elder brother, Sayyid as-Sadiq bin Sayyid Muhammad al-Rida al-Sanussi. He d. in Sicily, 1938, having had issue, two daughters:
  - i) Sayyid Fatima binti Sayyid Hasan al-Sanussi. b. at Benghazi, 1930 (d/o Salma bu Najwa).
  - ii) Sayyida Wanisa binti Sayyid Hasan al-Sanussi. b. at Benghazi, 1930 (s/o Zainab al-Barnawiyya).
- c) Sayyid al-Sanussi bin Sayyid Muhammad al-Rida al-Sanussi. b. at al-Azziyat, 1918 (s/o Fatima al-Furiyya). m. in Egypt, 1940, his cousin, Sayyida Fatima al-Jaghbubiya binti Sayyid Ahmad as-Sharif al-Sanussi (b. at Kufra, 1916), youngest daughter of Field Marshal H.H. Sayyid Ahmad as-Sharif Pasha bin Sayyid Muhammad as-Sharif al-Sanussi, 3^rd Grand Sanussi, by his eighth wife, Zainab al-Quraniyya. He d. 1984, having had issue, two sons and one daughter:
  - i) Sayyid al-Rida bin Sayyid al-Sanussi al-Sanussi.
  - ii) Sayyid Loqman bin Sayyid al-Sanussi al-Sanussi.
  - iii) Sayyida Rajah binti Sayyid al-Sanussi al-Sanussi. b. at Cairo, 1941 (s/o Sayyida Fatima).
- d) Sayyid Mustafa al-Rida bin Sayyid Muhammad al-Rida al-Sanussi. b. at Jalu, 1923 (s/o Imbaraika al-Fallatiyya). He has issue, one son:
  - i) Sayyid al-Rida bin Sayyid Mustafa al-Rida al-Sanussi. b. 1960. He has issue, two sons:
    - (1) Sayyid Mustafa bin Sayyid al-Rida al-Sanussi.
    - (2) Sayyid Muhammad al-Mahdi bin Sayyid al-Rida al-Sanussi.
- e) H.R.H. Crown Prince Sayyid Hasan al-Rida al-Mahdi al-Sanussi, Head of the Royal House of Libya (s/o Imbaraika al-Fallatiyya) - see below.
- a) Sayyida Aisha binti Sayyid Muhammad al-Rida al-Sanussi. b. at Kufra, 1908 (d/o Halima al-Tariqiyya). m. at Mersa Matruh, 1932, her cousin, Sayyid ‘Abdu’llah bin Sayyid Ahmad as-Sharif al-Sanussi (b. at Kufra, 1906), fourth son of Field Marshal H.H. Sayyid Ahmad as-Sharif Pasha bin Sayyid Muhammad as-Sharif al-Sanussi, 3^rd Grand Sanussi, by his sixth wife, Maryam al-Tariqiyya. She had issue - see below.
- b) Sayyida Fadila binti Sayyid Muhammad al-Rida al-Sanussi. b. at Kufra, 1909 (d/o Sayyida Fatima as-Sunniyya). m. at Mersa Matruh, 1932, Sayyid Muhammad al-‘Arabi bin Sayyid Ahmad as-Sharif al-Sanussi (b. at Kufra, 1906; d. 1963), third son of Field Marshal H.H. Sayyid Ahmad as-Sharif Pasha bin Sayyid Muhammad as-Sharif al-Sanussi, 3^rd Grand Sanussi, by his second wife, Khadija, daughter of Ahmad al-Rifi. She had issue - see below.
- c) Sayyida Khadija binti Sayyid Muhammad al-Rida al-Sanussi. b. at Kufra, 1914 (d/o Zainab al-Quraniyya). m. at Abu Rawwash, Egypt, 1944, her cousin, Sayyid Ahmad Idris bin Sayyid Muhammad al-‘Abid al-Sanussi (b. at Kufra, 1907), adopted by King Idris I, and fourth son of Sayyid Muhammad al-‘Abid Pasha, by his first wife, Fatima, daughter of Ahmad bin Idris al-Ashhab - see above.
- d) Sayyida Ruqayya binti Sayyid Muhammad al-Rida al-Sanussi. b. at Kufra, 1915 (d/o Kulthum al-Mubawiyya). m. at Cairo, Egypt, 1943, Sayyid Muhammad as-Siddiq bin Sayyid Muhammad al-‘Abid al-Sanussi (b. at Kufra, 1922), eleventh son of Sayyid Muhammad al-‘Abid Pasha, by his sixth wife, Maimuna, a Sudanese lady from Baghirmi. She had issue, one daughter - see above.
- e) Sayyida Fatima binti Sayyid Muhammad al-Rida al-Sanussi. b. at Kufra, 1917 (d/o Fatima al-Furiyya). m. at Mersa Matruh, 1932, her cousin, Sayyid al-Zubayr bin Sayyid Ahmad as-Sharif al-Sanussi (b. at Kufra, 1908), fifth son of Field Marshal H.H. Sayyid Ahmad as-Sharif Pasha bin Sayyid Muhammad as-Sharif al-Sanussi, 3^rd Grand Sanussi, by his fifth wife, Hawa al-Qaraniyya II. She had issue, three sons and one daughter - see below.
- f) Sayyida Fatima as-Zohra bint Sayyid Muhammad al-Rida al-Sanussi. b. at Jalu, 1923 (d/o Hawa al-Hajarawiyya). m. 1939, Sayyid ‘Abdu’llah bin Sayyid Muhammad al-‘Abid al-Sanussi [Abdallah Al-Abed Al-Senussi] (b. at Kufra, 1919), tenth son of Sayyid Muhammad al-‘Abid Pasha, by his fifth wife, Umm Bashayir, a Sudanese. She had issue - see above.
- g) Sayyida Hasaniyya binti Sayyid Muhammad al-Rida al-Sanussi. b. at Jalu, 1924 (d/o Hawa al-Hajarawiyya).
- h) Sayyida Zakiyya binti Sayyid Muhammad al-Rida al-Sanussi. b. at Jalu, 1924 (d/o Karima).
- i) Sayyida Anisa binti Sayyid Muhammad al-Rida al-Sanussi. b. at Jalu, 1926 (d/o Zohra al-Quraniyya).
- j) Sayyida Fathiyya binti Sayyid Muhammad al-Rida al-Sanussi. b. Benghazi, 1930 (d/o Imbaraika al-Fallatiyya).
8) Sayyid Muhammad Yahya bin bin Sayyid Muhammad al-Mahdi al-Sanussi (s/o Aisha Abu Saif). He d. young.
9) Sayyid al-Rida bin bin Sayyid Muhammad al-Mahdi al-Sanussi (s/o Fatima al-Ghumari). He d. young.
1) Sayyida Safiyya binti Sayyid Muhammad al-Mahdi al-Sanussi. b. at Jaghbub, 1883 (d/o Fatima al-Fituri). m. in the Hijaz, 1928, as his ninth wife, Field Marshal H.H. Sayyid Ahmad as-Sharif Pasha bin Sayyid Muhammad as-Sharif al-Sanussi, 3^rd Grand Sanussi (b. at Jaghbub, 1873; d. at Medina, 10^th March 1933), eldest son of Sayyid Muhammad as-Sharif bin Sayyid Muhammad al-Sanussi, by his third wife, Khadija, daughter of Abu Musa Umran bin Baraka al-Fituri, of Zlitin in Tripolitania. She d.s.p. - see below.
2) Sayyida Khadija binti Sayyid Muhammad al-Mahdi al-Sanussi (d/o Fatima Muqarrib). She d. young.
3) Sayyida Atika binti Sayyid Muhammad al-Mahdi al-Sanussi. b. at Jaghbub, 1886 (d/o Aisha Abu Saif). She d. unm. at Kufra, 1914, while engaged to her cousin, Sayyid Muhammad Abid.
4) Sayyida Nafisa binti Sayyid Muhammad al-Mahdi al-Sanussi. b. at Jaghbub, 1888 (d/o Fatima al-Fituri). m. at Ajadabiya, 1920, as his tenth wife, her cousin, Major-General Sayyid Muhammad Safi ud-din Pasha bin Sayyid Muhammad as-Sharif al-Sanussi (b. at Jaghbub, 10^th August 1895; d. 21^st October 1967), fifth son of Sayyid Muhammad as-Sharif bin Sayyid Muhammad al-Sanussi, by his fifth wife, Khadija, daughter of Mustafa bi ‘Abdu’l Wahab al-Mahjub. She had issue - see above.
5) Sayyida Umama binti Sayyid Muhammad al-Mahdi al-Sanussi (d/o Aisha Abu Saif). She d. young.
6) Sayyida Radiyya binti Sayyid Muhammad al-Mahdi al-Sanussi (d/o Fatima al-Ghumari). She d. young, at al-Taj, Kufra.
7) Sayyida … binti Sayyid Muhammad al-Mahdi al-Sanussi (d/o Fatima al-Biskri). She d. young, at al-Taj, Kufra.
8) Sayyida … binti Sayyid Muhammad al-Mahdi al-Sanussi (d/o Fatima al-Biskri). She d. young, at al-Taj, Kufra.
9) Sayyida … binti Sayyid Muhammad al-Mahdi al-Sanussi (d/o Fatima al-Biskri). She d. young, at Qiru.
10) Sayyida Fatima al-Hasaniyya binti Sayyid Muhammad al-Mahdi al-Sanussi. b. at Kufra, 1902 (d/o Khadija Bu Saif). m. at Ajadabiya, 1922, as his seventh wife, her cousin, Sayyid Muhammad Hilal Pasha bin Sayyid Muhammad as-Sharif al-Sanussi (b. at Jaghbub, June/July 1894; d. at Alexandria, Egypt, December 1929), fourth son of Sayyid Muhammad as-Sharif bin Sayyid Muhammad al-Sanussi, by his sixth wife, Aisha, daughter of Muhammad as-Sharif al-Khattabi. She d. at Tarabulus, 20^th October 1966, having had issue, two sons - see above.

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