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Biography of Idris, IName: Idris, IBirth Date: March 13, 1889 Death Date: May 25, 1983 Place of Birth: Jaghbub, Cyrenaica, Libya Nationality: Libyan Gender: Male Occupations: king Idris, I His full name was Sidi Muhammad Idris Al-Mahdi As-sanusi (1889-1983). The first and only king of Libya, he reigned as Idris I from 1950 to 1969. Although he led his country to independence, his conservatism finally brought about his overthrow in a military coup under the direction of the controversial leader, Muammar al-Qaddafi.Libya's future king was born on March 13, 1890, in Jaghbub, an oasis in the eastern province of Cyrenaica. At the time, Libya was part of the Ottoman Empire. Idris I died in exile in Cairo, Egypt, in 1983.Leader in ExileWhen his father died in 1902, Idris became head of the Sanusiyah, an Islamic mystical brotherhood. Still a minor, he did not assume active leadership until 1916. His main problem over the next few years was how to deal with the Italians, who had invaded Libya in 1922 in an effort to build a North African empire. Italy never established its rule much beyond the …showed first 150 words…
…showed last 150 words…Turkish spa in September 1969. While he was out of the country, he was toppled from power in a military coup led by controversial Libyan leader, Muammar al-Qaddafi, then an army colonel. As of 1997, al-Qaddafi remained in power.Immediately following the 1969 coup, Idris I and his family fled to Greece. They then asked for and received political asylum in Cairo, Egypt. Idris had married his cousin in 1933 and, according to Islamic law, was allowed to take another wife. In 1955, Idris married the daughter of an Egyptian landowner. He remained in exile in Cairo until his death on May 25, 1983. Further Reading Idris is discussed in studies of Libya such as Ismail R. Khalidi, Constitutional Development in Libya (1956); H. S. Willard, Libya: The New Arab Kingdom of North Africa (1956); and Majid Khadduri, Modern Libya: A Study in Political Development (1963). See also Nicola A. Ziadeh, Sanusiyah: A Study of a Revivalist Movement in Islam (1958). |