Omar Al-Mukhtar
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 93 years ago |
Date of birth | August 20,1858 |
Zodiac sign | Leo |
Born | Zawiyat Zanzur |
Libya | |
Date of died | September 16,1931 |
Died | Suluq |
Libya | |
Nationality | Ottoman |
Place of burial | ضريح عمر المختار سلوق, Suluq, Libya |
Battles and wars | French |
Chad | |
Italo-Turkish War | |
War | |
Children | Muhammad Omar Al-Mukhtar |
Known for | Italian colonization of Libya |
Nicknam | Shaykh ash-Shuhadā’; شَيخ الشُّهَدَاء, Sheikh of the Martyrs |
Parents | Aisha bint Moharib |
Siblings | Mohamed Mukhtar |
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Date of Upd. | |
ID | 2581622 |
Omar Al-Mukhtar Life story
Omar al-Mukhṭār Muḥammad bin Farḥāṭ al-Manifī, called The Lion of the Desert, known among the colonial Italians as Matari of the Mnifa, was the leader of native resistance in Cyrenaica under the Senussids, against the Italian colonization of Libya.