| LC control no. | n 81136760 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Mukhtār, ʻUmar, 1860?-1931 |
| Variant(s) | ʻUmar al-Mukhtār, 1860?-1931 Mukhtar, Omar, 1860?-1931 Omar al-Mukhtar, 1860?-1931 Omar el-Muktar, 1860?-1931 Muktar, Omar, 1860?-1931 Omar el Muchtar, 1860?-1931 Muchtar, Omar, 1860?-1931 Omar el Muctar, 1860?-1931 Muctar, Omar, 1860?-1931 مختار، عمر مختار، عمر، 1860؟-1931 Muhtar, Ömer, 1860?-1931 |
| Associated country | Libya |
| Birth date | 1860? 1861 |
| Death date | 19310916 |
| Place of birth | Janzūr (Libya) |
| Place of death | Banghāzī (Libya) |
| Field of activity | Sufism Senussites Libya--Colonization |
| Affiliation | Qurʼanic school of Shaykh 'Abd al-Qadir Budiya |
| Profession or occupation | Armies--Officers |
| Special note | Machine-derived non-Latin script reference project. Non-Latin script references not evaluated. |
| Found in | Shalabī, M. ʻUmar al-Mukhtār, 1958. Omar al-Mukhtar e la riconquista fascista della Libia, c1981: t.p. (Omar al-Mukhtar) p. 6, etc. (Omar el Muchtar; Omar el Muctar; Omar el-Muktar) Dictionary of African Biography, accessed March 11, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Mukhtar, Omar al-; foreign military officer, political activist; born 1861 in Janzour, Libya; study at the kuttab (Qurʼanic school) of Shaykh 'Abd al-Qadir Budiya, one of the greatest thinkers of al-Tariqa al-Sanusiyya, the extremely popular Libyan Sufi order; studied for eight years under some of the most prominent figures in the Sanusi Tariqa; head of the Sanusi branch in the Jabal al-Akhdar region; transferred to Chad (1892); returned to Burqa, Libya (1896); was appointed Shaykh of the al-Qusur region on behalf of the Tariqa; joined the forces fighting against the Italian invasion of Libya in the Italian-Ottoman war (1911); was senior aide of Ahmad al-Sharif, military commander of the al-Sanusiyya forces; established a central military headquarters in the town of Ajdabiyah (1923); put an end to all talks and dialogue with the Italians and resumed the armed resistance; the Italians took him prisoner (1931); was transferred to the city of Benghazi and was executed by hanging in the city's main square; one of the most important symbols in the Arab world, in Africa, and in the Muslim world in general; died 16 September 1931 in Benghazi, Libya) Ağırakça, A. Ömer Muhtar, 1985. |
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