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    Omar al-Mukhtar

    Libyan resistance leader (1858–1931)

    Omar al-Mukhtar
    عُمَر الْمُخْتَار

    Asad Al-Sahra (أسد الصحراء) or "Lion of the Desert"

    In office
    1896–1902
    Succeeded byPost abolished
    In office
    1902–1911[1]
    Succeeded byPost abolished
    In office
    24 April 1923 – 16 September 1931[2]
    Preceded byIdris Al-Senussi
    Succeeded byYusuf Borahil
    Born(1858-08-20)20 August 1858
    Benghazi, Eyalet of Tripolitania, Ottoman Empire
    Died16 September 1931(1931-09-16) (aged 73)
    Soluch concentration camp, Benghazi, Italian Cyrenaica
    Resting placeSuluq
    NationalityOttoman, Libyan
    ChildrenMuhammad
    Parent(s)

    Al-Mukhtar ibn Muhammad (father)
    Aisha bint Muharib (mother)

    OccupationRuler of Senussi Zawiyas
    Known forLeading Arab native resistance to Italian colonization of Ottoman Tripolitania
    ReligionSunni Islam[3]
    Signature
    Nickname(s)Shaykh ash-Shuhadā'
    شَيخ الش
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    Omar Al Mukhtar, the fight against the colonization of Libya


    Omar Al Mukhtar was one of the main leaders of the struggle against the colonization of Libya by Italy, a struggle that transcends the race for the domination of Africa by the European powers, and is also framed in the conflict generated by the rise of authoritarianism on the continent, serving as a prelude to both World War I and World War II. Despite all this, the effort of this nationalist leader is little remembered, a consequence of the Eurocentric zeal of these international war conflicts, which ignores its profound impact on other regions, such as the southern shore of the Mediterranean.

    With an almost epic nature, the biography of Omar Al Mukhtar tells the story of an early orphan, educated in a Koranic school, who became a spiritual leader of the country and later, advanced in years, became a nationalist leader in the fight against the occupation of the country by Italy.

    Early years and religious training

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    THE EARLY YEARS

    Omar al-Mukhtar Muhammad bin Farhat al-Manifi was born in 1858 in the small village of Zawiyat Zanzur (also known as 'Zawiyat Janzur') a small coastal village in Cyrenaica, in the eastern Libyan district of Butnan. Butnan is bordered by the Mediterranean to the north, and Egypt to the East 1.

    Omar came from humble beginnings: his family supported themselves by agricultural means and stock raising. From a very young age, Omar was taught the importance of industriousness, perseverance, and the overwhelming need for community spirit. The surroundings of his childhood and his early immersion in this ascetic, hardworking society, had much to do with shaping his personality.

    Omar al Mukhtar's father, Mukhtar Ghayth, was a well liked and prominent religious figure in their village and belonged to the clan of Farhat, which was part of the Braidan section of the Al-Minifa tribe, a bedouin tribe of eastern Libya2. The Al-Minifa are regarded as part of the Ashraf