Omar Almukhtar was born in eastern Cyrenaica, Al Butnan District, - TopicsExpress



          

Omar Almukhtar was born in eastern Cyrenaica, Al Butnan District, in the village of Zawiyat Janzur (Janzour) east of Tobruk, in the Tripolitanian Province of the Ottoman Empire. He was orphaned early and was adopted by Sharif El Gariani, nephew of Hussein Ghariani, a political-religious leader in Cyrenaica. He received his early education at the local mosque and then studied for eight years at the Senussi university at Jaghbub, which was also the headquarters of the Senussi Movement. In 1899 he was sent with other Senussi to assist Rabih az-Zubayr in the resistance in Chad against the French
Posted on: Thu, 03 Apr 2014 17:18:13 +0000

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