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	Senussi - LoveToKnow 1911
		SENUSSI [SANUSI] and Senussites, the names respectively of a Moslem family (and especially its chief member) and of the fraternity or sect recognizing the authority of the Senussi.
		In 1898 Senussi, in his character of peacemaker, wishing also to range together all the states menaced by the French advance, sought to reconcile Rabah Zobeir and the sultan of Bagirmi; neither of those chieftains belonged to the Senussi order and the sheik's appeal was unavailing.
		The general attitude of the Mahommedans in the western Sudan towards the Senussi emissaries was described by European observers in 1907 as one of good-natured tolerance.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Senussi (3075 words)

	Senussi - Biocrawler
		The Senussi founded a fraternal Sufi Muslim order under the head of the clan, which have been so closed to Europeans and outsiders that reports of their beliefs and practices are at wide variance.
		Senussi went to Mecca, where he joined Mahommed ben Idris el Fassi, the head of the Khadirites, a confraternity of Moroccan origin.
		The sheik Senussi was succeeded by his nephew Ahmed-el Sherif, but the adherents of the Senussi el Mahdi in the deserts bordering Egypt maintained for years that he was not dead.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Sanusi (974 words)

	Senussi
		Senussi was concerned with both the decline of Islamic thought and spirituality and the weakening of Muslim political integrity.
		Senussi went to Mecca, where he joined Mahommed ben Idris el Fassi, the head of the Khadirites, a religious fraternity of Moroccan origin.
		While in Arabia, Senussi's connections with the Wahhabi movement caused him to be looked upon with suspicion by the ulema of Mecca and the Ottoman authorities.
	www.dejavu.org /cgi-bin/get.cgi?ver=93&url=http%3A%2F%2Farticles.gourt.com%2F%3Farticle%3DSenussi%26type%3Den (1177 words)

	Senussi Information
		Senussi was concerned with both the decline of Islamic thought and spirituality and the weakening of Muslim political integrity.
		Senussi went to Mecca, where he joined Mahommed ben Idris el Fassi, the head of the Khadirites, a religious fraternity of Moroccan origin.
		While in Arabia, Senussi's connections with the Wahhabi movement caused him to be looked upon with suspicion by the ulema of Mecca and the Ottoman authorities.
	www.bookrags.com /Muhammad_bin_Ali_al-Senussi (1147 words)

	Senussi
		The Senussi founded a fraternal Sufi Muslim order under the head of the clan, which have been so closed to Europeans and outsiders that reports of their beliefs and practices are at wide variance.
		Though it is possible to sketch some main facts in the lives of the Senussi sheiks and to indicate the range of their direct political influence, the aims and extent of their spiritual influence cannot be gauged so accurately.
		The sheik Senussi was succeeded by his nephew Ahmed-el Sherif, but the adherents of the Senussi el Mahdi in the deserts bordering Egypt maintained for years that he was not dead.
	www.xasa.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/s/se/senussi.html (970 words)

	SENUSSI [SANUSI] - Online Information article about SENUSSI [SANUSI]
		Bagirmi; neither of those chieftains belonged to the Senussi order and the sheik's appeal was unavailing.
		At the same time the Senussi organization is not so widespread The power in the Sudan and the western Sahara as would appear of the from the exaggerated reports once current.
		Senussi of N'Dele became an ally of the French.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /SCY_SHA/SENUSSI_SANUSI.html (3669 words)

	Senussi (Nuttall Encyclopædia)
		/ · 1907 Nuttall Encyclopædia of General Knowledge · S · Senussi
		Senussi, a Mohammedan brotherhood in the Soudan, founded by Mohammed-es-Senussi from Mostaganem, in Algeria, who flourished between 1830 and 1860.
		The brotherhood, remarkable for its austere and fanatical zeal, has ramified into many parts of N Africa, and exercises considerable influence, fostering resistance to the encroachments of the invading European powers.
	www.fromoldbooks.org /Wood-NuttallEncyclopaedia/s/senussi.html (111 words)

	The Western Frontier Force
		and were taken prisoner by the Senussi, a hostile religious fraternity, and held despite strong representations for their release.
		By late December 1916, the Senussi had regrouped, and were spotted in force some 8 miles south west of Mersa Matruh.
		Prisoners revealed that Senussi morale was declining fast, as they saw the British force increasing in size and becoming properly equipped for the task.
	www.1914-1918.net /wff.htm (1579 words)

	Senussi
		The leader of the Senussi still professed to be friendly; but there is no doubt that he was secretly urging his followers to take up arms against us.
		By this time, however, the Senussi had occupied Solium and other frontier posts; and the main body, which numbered about two thousand four hundred, and was armed with Maxims and field guns and a plentiful supply of ammunition, had taken up a position under Nuri Bey and Jaafar, the chief of the Senussi.
		They became slaves of the Senussi, and were forced to work in the fierce sun, like the Christian captives of the Bey of Algiers who were urged to their tasks by the whips of their masters.
	www.greatwardifferent.com /Great_War/Turks/Senussi_01.htm (2320 words)

	IT Miniatures
		The Senussi were familiar with the desert terrain, and hardened by generations of tribal feuding to hit and run warfare.
		The Senussi were able to cause the Allies considerable problems, and eventually over 100,000 British French and Italian troops were engaged in tracking down some 10,000 tribesmen.
		The Senussi models feature tribesmen in long flowing robes, that may also be used for actions against the French Foreign legion or Italian Colonial forces.
	www.wargames.co.uk /RandomS/Shorts/senussi.htm (498 words)

	Imperial Camel Corps: Australian War Memorial
		The Imperial Camel Corps (ICC) was formed in January 1916 in order to deal with the revolt of pro-Turkish Senussi tribesmen in Egypt’s Western Desert.
		The operations of the ICC in the Western Desert in 1916 were characterised by long patrols and brief skirmishes with the Senussi.
		British commanders in Egypt appreciated the fighting qualities of the ICC and in late 1916 the ICC was transferred to the Sinai desert to take part in operations against the Turkish army.
	www.awm.gov.au /units/unit_13624.asp (433 words)

	Definition of senussi - Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
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	www.merriam-webster.com /dictionary/senussi (38 words)

	Islam Online- News Section (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Senussi, along with five Libyan agents and diplomats, was condemned in absentia to life in prison by a Paris court in March 1999 for his involvement in the bombing of a French UTA airliner over Nigeria in 1989, killing 170 people.
		The reasons for the measures against Senussi were not clear.
		Al Hayat said sources informed it that the decision was taken because of his poor performance in protecting the Libyan leader, who faced an assassination attempt last year when a hand bomb was thrown at him in the Libyan city of Darna.
	www.islamonline.net /english/news/2001-11/22/article10.shtml (512 words)

	The Polynational War Memorial: Conflict Details SANSUI (SENUSSI), LYBIA VS ITALY
		In 1929 Tripoli and Cyrenaica were united as one colonial province, then in 1934, as Italy struggled to retain colonial power, the classical name "Libya" was revived as the official name of the colony, which was split into four provinces, Tripoli, Misurata, Bengasi, and Derna.
		In 1920 (October 25) the Italian government recognized Sheikh Sidi Idris the hereditary head of the nomadic Senussi, with wide authority in Kufra and other oases, as Emir of Cyrenaica, a new title extended by the British at the close of World War I. The emir would eventually become king of the free Libyan state.
		The Senussi leader in Cyrenaica surrendered to the Italians on January 3 1928, virtually ending the organized struggle for independence in eastern Libya, for the time.
	www.war-memorial.net /Detail.asp?ID=64 (281 words)

	Sand in the Whirlwind
		In 1915, the Western desert of Egypt erupted in violence when Libyan Senussi "Knights" and their allies, crossed the Egyptian border.
		These "Holy Desert Warriors" were led and supplied with machine guns and artillery by the Turkish army; the main elements of which were led by Ja’Far Pasha and Nuri Bey, two Turkish officers.
		In that the British had driven the Turko-Senussi forces back into their traditional strongholds, the campaign could be considered a British Victory, but only a marginal one.
	mysite.verizon.net /rjlein/khyberpass/id24.html (224 words)

	LRDG Birth of a legend
		The Senussi were expert raiders who could seemingly strike from nowhere and then disappear once again into the nothingness of the Sahara.
		Of course this is partially attributed to the leader of the Senussi, Sayed Ahmed, listening to his Turkish Military Advisor, Ja'Far Pasha who felt the Senussi should hold key location to prevent the British and Italians from moving.
		Eventually the LCPs would corner the senussi in their stronghold at Siwa oasis, and through some luck and pure tenacity drive the Senussi out of the oasis and virtually eliminate them as a potential threat.
	blindkat.hegewisch.net /lrdg/lrdgbeginnings.html (1971 words)

	Avalanches; Senussi -- Monday, Feb. 09, 1931 -- Page 1 -- TIME
		Last stronghold of the Senussi is the Oases of Kufra, 350 miles across the open desert from the oasis of Zella, Italian base.
		Hero of the battle in the Italian press was 32-year-old Amadeo Umberto Isabella Luigi Filippo Maria Guiseppe Giovanni, Duke of Apulia, cousin of the King, son of the Duke of Aosta, who commanded a squadron of pursuit planes.
		While the defeated Senussi, with their wives, children, oxen and asses fled like Joseph and Mary into Egypt, Duke Amadeo harried them mightily from the sky, raked them with blazing machine guns, whistling bombs.
	www.time.com /time/magazine/article/0,9171,741014,00.html (687 words)

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		The Senussi won #1 with exactly one civilian exited, and one unit left on board.
		A few Senussi infantry survived, however, and an inopportune AE at 2:1 odds took out enough Italians to allow them to escape into the southern dunes.
		Technically, 9 out of 12 of the Senussi combat units can be attacked and wiped out on one of the die rolls by the end of the game.
	grognard.com /errata1/cufra.txt (847 words)

	Ford Model T Patrol Car used in WW1
		The enemy then was a Moslem religious sect known as the Senussi, armed and paid jointly by Germany and Turkey, and supplied by U-boat.
		The Senussi fought hard and well, causing considerable loss until the arrival of the Duke of Westminster's Rolls-Royce armoured car squadron, which turned the tide irrevocably.
		Their power broken, the Senussi retreated deep into Libya, and eventually the armoured cars were replaced by Light Motor Batteries (LAMBYs for short) each consisting of a number of Light Car Patrols equipped with Model T Fords.
	www.landships.freeservers.com /tford_patrol_car.htm (865 words)

	Worldandnation: Another Hussein adviser nabbed
		As the search for other suspects continues, Idris Al Senussi, a leading figure of the Libyan opposition in exile, says some Iraqis were evacuated via Damascus last week with Libyan assistance.
		Al Senussi is the grandson of Libya's King Idris, ousted in a military coup while on a trip to Turkey in 1969.
		Al Senussi said he informed the Pentagon as soon as he received word from his sources on the ground.
	www.sptimes.com /2003/04/19/Worldandnation/Another_Hussein_advis.shtml (587 words)

	Our Shared Tradition British Embassy, Tripoli (Site not responding. Last check: )
		A Senussi force was subsequently raised from those of his followers who had escaped from Italian oppression at various times during the past twenty years.
		The force performed considerable ancillary duties during the successful fighting in the Western Desert in the Winter of 1940-41, and is again playing a useful part in the campaign now in progress.
		His Majesty’s Government is determined that at the end of the war the Senussi in Cyrenaica will in no circumstances again fall under Italian domination”.
	www.britishembassy.gov.uk /servlet/Front?pagename=OpenMarket/Xcelerate/ShowPage&c=Page&cid=1064572031651 (420 words)

	REPORT ON GADHAFI'S ROLE IN PAN AM BOMB PLOT (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The man Gadaffi instructed to arrange the bombing was Abdallah Senussi, his brother-in-law and then head of ESO operations.
		Senussi was supervisor in the ESO to Abdel Basset Ali al-Megrahi, one of the two accused.
		Senussi was also a key figure in orchestrating Libya's anti-American and anti-dissident policies.
	www.usasurvival.org /pa103sundaytimes.html (984 words)

	First Moves - The Middle East - WWI - The Keep Military Museum, Dorchester, Dorset
		The enemy's losses, estimated as being at least twice this figure, while prisoners indicated that the Senussi's morale was becoming fragile in the face of a reinforced and more capable British force.
		On 25 February, the Senussi attacked the British camp at Wadi Maktil, just as Peyton's Force was themselves preparing to attack.
		As the Senussi force closed, they opened fire with German supplied equipment, in the form of two field guns and a Maxim 08 Pattern machine gun.
	www.keepmilitarymuseum.org /middleeast/ag_moves.php (476 words)

	Scotsman.com News - Youth crime - Hooligans who run riot make our lives a misery (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Young Ramsay Senussi has been having a laugh with his friends and the encounter with three police officers on Walter Scott Avenue in Edinburgh has been largely good-natured.
		Senussi’s mother Norma, who has six children, admits her son had been hanging around with the gang of youths involved but says he has not done anything wrong.
		Senussi’s mother was one of the parents on the estate who received a visit from police and council officials, who stressed the need for good behaviour.
	news.scotsman.com /topics.cfm?tid=345&id=685072003 (1052 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Entertainment \| BBC programme 'put lives at risk' (Site not responding. Last check: )
		They also upheld a complaint from singer Enes Senussi, whose song was used in the same programme.
		The regulator also found that the programme-makers put the life of Libyan singer Mr Senussi at risk by including one of his songs, A Mountain of Regret, in the same programme.
		The BBC said the singer/composer had not been identified in the programme and that they did not consider Mr Senussi had been put at risk because of their actions.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/entertainment/3632512.stm (495 words)

	Battle of Agagia 26:2:1916 - Great War Forum (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Senussi action was one of the conflicts that made it a 'World' War.
		The only reason why the Senussi Rebellion took off at all was the alliance of Britain with Italy - the Senussi did not mind the Brits but they hated the Italians - after all, it was an organisation set up to remove the Italians from Libya.
		Central Powers aid to the Senussi, and the carriage of the camel in a U-boat, forms part of the plot in the excellent Great War novel A Sailor of Austria by John Biggins.
	1914-1918.invisionzone.com /forums/index.php?showtopic=65192&view=getnewpost (1565 words)

	Hassanein Bey's NGS 1924 Article: SENUSSIS
		In reality, they are a sect of the Moslem religion embracing all the tribes of Cyrenaica and having influence in North Africa and the region south of Kufra.
		The devotees were not even allowed to drink coffee or smoke, and up to ten years ago the man caught smoking was severely punished, sometimes to the extent of having one of his hands cut off.
		It has been said by explorers that the tribes of Cyrenaica, who are all under Senussi influence, are actuated by religious fanaticism when they refuse foreigners permission to enter their territory.
	saharasafaris.org /hassaneinbey/ngs01.htm (596 words)

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