SANUSI

or Senussiboth: sənooˈsĭ, Arabic Sanusiyya, a political-religious organization in Libya and Sudan founded in Mecca in 1837 by Muhammad bin Ali al-Sanusi (1791–1859), known as the Grand Sanusi. Sanusi was concerned with both the perceived decline of Islamic thought and the weakening of the Islamic world. His call for political activism was influenced by the Wahhabi movement in Arabia, to which he eclectically added some Sufi teachings from several different Sufi orders. The Sanusi unsuccessfully fought (1902–13) French expansion in the Sahara, and in 1911 the Italian invasion of Libya forced them to concentrate there. During World War I they attacked British-occupied Egypt. A grandson of the Grand Sanusi became King Idris I of Libya in 1951. In 1969, the king was overthrown by a coup led by Colonel Muammar al-Qaddafi. A third of the population in Libya, and fewer in Sudan, are still affiliated with the Sanusi organization.

See E. E. Evans-Pritchard, The Sanusi of Cyrenaica (1949, repr. 1963); N. A. Ziadeh, Sanusiyah (1958, repr. 1983).

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The Sanusi of Cyrenaica
Book by E. E. Evans-Pritchard; Clarendon Press, 1949
Subjects: Cyrenaica--Politics And Government, Senussites
...the great difference between the Grand Sanusi and the earlier holy men whose tombs are...of the Bedouin, Marabouts, the Grand Sanusi was also the head of an Order which gave...scholar, al-Sayyid Muhammad bin Ali al-Sanusi al-Khattabi al-Idrisi al-Hasani...
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Social Welfare in Muslim Societies in Africa
Book by Holger Weiss; Nordic Africa Institute, 2002
Subjects: Islam--Economic Aspects--Africa, Sociology, Islamic, Zakat--Africa
...Poverty in Nigeria . 84 In his first paper, Sanusi develops further some of the ideas of...common argument of the Islamic economists, Sanusi argues that the collection of zakat is...responsibility for zakat collection? According to Sanusi, there are two possibilities, one is...
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The Politicization of Islam: Reconstructing Identity, State, Faith, and Community in the Late Ottoman State
Book by Kemal H. Karpat; Oxford University Press, 2000
Subjects: Islam And State--Turkey, Panislamism, Turkey--History--1878-1909, Turkey--History--Mehmed V, 1909-1918
...militarist ambitions in 1914. The Ottoman-Sanusi cooperation became closer after the Triple...later, the Ottoman government gave the Sanusi Seyh weapons and ammunition and supplied...increased so did the Ottoman reliance on the Sanusi. In a note in his memoirs written in...
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Muslim Societies: Historical and Comparative Aspects
Book by Sato Tsugitaka; RoutledgeCurzon, 2004
Subjects: Civilization, Islamic, Islam--1800-, Muslims--Africa, North, Muslims--Asia, Muslims--Europe
...the development of the black legend of Sanusi militancy in the French minds is Jean...The impression of a basically militant Sanusi order survives in an inverted form in...Joffe, Reflections on the role of the Sanusi in the Central Sahara, Journal of North...
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Culture and Privilege in Capitalist Asia
Book by Michael Pinches; Routledge, 1999
Subjects: Asia--Economic Conditions--1945-, Capitalism--Social Aspects--Asia, Elite (Social Sciences)--Asia, Middle Class--Asia, Social Change--Asia
...status of new rich through different routes: Sanusi, one of the first managerial recruits, a non...who rose from the ranks to become a manager. Sanusi-old middle class to manager Sanusi, one of the old guard recruited in 1963, was...
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The Origins and Objectives of Islamic Revivalist Thought, 1750-1850
Journal article by Ahmad Dallal; The Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 113, 1993
Subjects: Intellectual life--History, Islamic fundamentalism--History, Philosophy, Islamic--History
...and the north African Muhammad Ali al-Sanusi.(11) To lend further credibility to...north African scholar Muhammad Ali al-Sanusi (1787-1859). Studies which draw parallels...204) The writings of Muhammad Ali al-Sanusi(205) represent yet another distinct...
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Vying for Power and Influence in the Hijaz: Ottoman Rule, the Last Emirate of Abdulmuttalib and the British (1880-1882)
Journal article by S. Tufan Buzpinar; The Muslim World, Vol. 95, 2005
Subjects: Abdulmuttalib (1794-1886), Influence, Islam, Political power, Royalty
...British engineers, or about the alleged Sanusi infiltration in the Hijaz, both reported...matters once or twice a year.66 As to the Sanusi infiltration, Safvet Pasa claimed that...different story. It was true that there was a Sanusi shaykh in Mecca, who had about a thousand...
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Elementary Malay Vernacular Schools and School Libraries in Singapore under British Colonial Rule, 1819-1941
Journal article by Lim Peng Han; School Libraries Worldwide, Vol. 14, 2008
Subjects: Boys, Colleges & universities, Education, Elementary schools, Minority & ethnic groups, Native languages, Reference books, School libraries, Singapore, World War II
...Bureau of Popular Literature, Abdullah Sanusi Ahrnad, 1966), a government-establish...staff in the Bureau was denied (Abdullah Sanusi Ahmad, 1966). According to available...Series (MSS) were published (Abdullah Sanusi Ahmad, 1966) in romanized Malay (lie...
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Islam, Rentier States and the Quest for Democracy in Africa
Journal article by Seth N. Asumah; The Western Journal of Black Studies, Vol. 34, 2010
Subjects: Democratization--Case studies, Journalism--Case studies, Nationalism--Case studies, Organisation of the Islamic Conference, Terrorism--Case studies
...on the thinking of an Algerian Islamist, Sayid Muhammad bin Ali al-Sanusi--hence the Sanusi order. Al-Sanusis theosophy is an aspect of Islamic revivalism. Al-Sanusi settled in Libya in the nineteenth century after being deported from...
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Arabic Writing between Global and Local Culture: Scholars and Poets in Yorubaland (Southwestern Nigeria)
Journal article by Razaq D. Abubakre, Stefan Reichmuth; Research in African Literatures, Vol. 28, 1997
Subjects: Africa--History, African Fiction--History And Criticism, African Literature--History And Criticism, African Poetry--History And Criticism, Postcolonialism--Africa
...relationship with others outside the town. Muhammad al-Sanusi, called Alfa Sanusi Katibi (fl. around 1910) ( ALA 2: 500), one...patron of the Muslims, into this position. Alfa Sanusi Katibi also wrote an elegy after the demise of their...
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A Prediction Too Far? the New Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi (Right), Says Nigeria's Economy Will Outstrip South Africa's by 2012. but His Own Countrymen Do Not Believe Him. Tom Mbakwe Reports
Magazine article; New African, December 2009
Subjects: Economic forecasting--Public opinion, Governors--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Nigeria. Central Bank of Nigeria--Officials and employees, Nigeria--Economic aspects, Sanusi, Sanusi Lamido--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes
...the New Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi (Right), Says Nigerias Economy Will Outstrip South...Countrymen Do Not Believe Him. Tom Mbakwe Reports. SO FAR SANUSI LAMIDO SANUSI HAS PROVEN HIMSELF TO be a brave man...
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Sanusi Slaps Bosses with 10-Year Chop
Magazine article by Frederick Modri; African Business, March 2010
Subjects: Banking industry--Laws, regulations and rules, Chief executive officers--Laws, regulations and rules
Sanusi Slaps Bosses with 10-Year Chop. by Frederick...Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mallam Lamido Sanusi, has announced a 10-year limit on the...industry in the long run. He said: "I think Sanusi is right, and it is in line with the principle...
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Banking Sector in Turmoil ... Again! When Everybody Thought Nigeria's Banking Sector Had at Last Found Some Stability in the Steady Hands of Prof Charles Chukwuma Soludo, in Comes a New Central Bank Governor to Send Shockwaves throughout the System. It Looks like They Are Back to Square One Again, Reports Osasu Obayiuwana from Lagos
Magazine article by Osasu Obayiuwana; New African, October 2009
Subjects: Banks (Finance)--Accounting and auditing, Business-government relations--Management, Governors--Powers and duties, Lamido, Sanusi--Powers and duties, Nigeria. Central Bank of Nigeria--Management, Nigeria. Central Bank of Nigeria--Officials and employees
...Osasu Obayiuwana from Lagos. by Osasu Obayiuwana WHEN SANUSI LAMIDO SANUsi assumed office as the new governor of Nigerias Central...predecessor, Olusegun Obasanjo, handed him the top job, Sanusi had spent the better part of his professional career...
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Banking Revolution Continues: The Shake-Up of Nigeria's Banking Sector Continues, as the Central Bank Introduces Specialisation after Changing the One-Size-Fits-All Model of Banking as Currently Practised in the Country
Magazine article; New African, April 2010
Subjects: Banks (Finance)--Accounting and auditing, Banks (Finance)--Reorganization and restructuring, Cabinet officers--Economic policy, Cabinet officials--Economic policy, Nigeria--Economic policy, Sanusi, Sanusi Lamido--Economic policy
...government coming into office in May 2007, Soludo was relieved of his post and Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi was appointed in his stead. Within months, Sanusi shook up the banking industry again when he announced that internal audits carried out...
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Nigerian Banks Still in the Firing Line
Magazine article by Osasu Obayiuwana; New African, November 2009
Subjects: Banking industry--Accounting and auditing, Banking industry--Officials and employees, Business-government relations--Management, Governors--Powers and duties, Nigeria. Central Bank of Nigeria--Economic policy, Nigeria--Economic policy, Sanusi, Sanusi Lamido--Powers and duties
...the new governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, continues to wield the big stick as he has sacked three more bank CEOs. Osasu Obayiuwana reports. SANUSI LAMIDO SANUSI, THE NEW governor of the Central Bank...
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GADDAFI'S GAMEPLAN; Why DID Libya Want the Lockerbie Bomber Back So Badly? Britain's Former Ambassador Explains the Volatile Cocktail of Oil, Trade, Diplomacy and Terror
Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), September 6, 2009
Subjects: Ambassadors, Diplomacy
...Megrahi, an important man from an influential tribe - the same as Abdullah Sanusi, the head of Libyas internal intelligence service (equivalent to MI5 and MI6). Sanusi is related to Gaddafi by marriage and tribal solidarity is a strong link...
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Mimpi Takes a Bow
Newspaper article; Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England), April 5, 2011
...representatives and students. The Mimpi animation has been created by Anisa Sanusi, 20, a BA (Hons) Computer Animation student from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia...DREAM: The Mimpi animation has been created for the Expotees event by Anisa Sanusi
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In Brief
Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), December 4, 2006
...fell today despite comments from Opec secretarygeneral Mohammed Sanusi hinting the cartel may again look to trim production when it...cents to $64.14 after a big build-up of US oil stocks. Sanusi said the build-up suggested the market was "clearly and steadily...
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Pacesetters
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, March 28, 2005
...Beckingham; Elba Gonzalez de Rey, wife of Cuban Ambassador Jorge Rey Jimenez, and Rita Juita Sanusi, wife of Indonesian Charge dAffaires Sanusi. The models and their respective designers were: Marge Gutierrez-Milo Afable and Ester Sta...
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GADDAFI'S GAMEPLAN; Why DID Libya Want the Lockerbie Bomber Back So Badly? Britain's Former Ambassador Explains the Volatile Cocktail of Oil, Trade, Diplomacy and Terror
Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), September 6, 2009
Subjects: Ambassadors, Diplomacy
...Megrahi, an important man from an influential tribe - the same as Abdullah Sanusi, the head of Libyas internal intelligence service (equivalent to MI5 and MI6). Sanusi is related to Gaddafi by marriage and tribal solidarity is a strong link...
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Sanusi
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
SANUSI or Senussi both: s noo si, Arabic Sanusiyya, a political...and Sudan founded in Mecca in 1837 by Muhammad bin Ali al-Sanusi (1791 1859), known as the Grand Sanusi. Sanusi was concerned with both the perceived decline of Islamic...
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Libya
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...of Tripoli. Beginning in the 1840s the Sanusi brotherhood gained many adherents, primarily...series of wars of pacification against the Sanusi and their allies. Under Italo Balbo...was ruled by King Idris I , head of the Sanusi brotherhood. Libya joined the Arab League...
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Idrisids
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Khardiriyah Idrisiyah, a strictly puritan religious brotherhood. Another member of the family, Sayyid Muhammad al-Sanusi, founded the Sanusi brotherhood in N Africa. Idrisid rule in Arabia came to an end when Saudi Arabia came into being in 1934...
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Idris I
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
IDRIS I 1890 1983, king of Libya (1951 69). A grandson of the founder of the Sanusi Muslim sect, he became leader of the group in 1917. He was acknowledged (1920) by the Italians as emir of Cyrenaica but had...
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Cyrenaica
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...many Arabs settled in the region from the 9th to 11th cent. The Ottoman Turks captured the area in the mid-16th cent. The Sanusi Muslim brotherhood was founded (1843) in Cyrenaica and gained many adherents there. For the history of Cyrenaica after the...
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