in full S 012B; d 012B; Mu 1E25; ammad ibn 02BD; Al 012B; al-San 016B; s 012B; al-Muj 0101; hir 012B; al- 1E24; asan 012B; al-Idr 012B; s 012B;
born 0441; 1787, Tursh, near Mostaganem, North Africa
died Sept. 7, 1859, Jaghb 016B; b, Cyrenaica
North African Muslim theologian.
He received his religious training in Fès, Mor., which was under strong French influence at the time. He became convinced that the Islamic community needed to revitalize itself in order to shake off foreign domination. Using tactics he had developed preaching among Bedouin in the Hejaz, he organized tribes in Cyrenaica to resist Italian domination, founding a militant mystical movement, the San 016B; siyyah (1837), which helped Libya win its independence in the 20th century. Libya's first king, Idr 012B; s I , was his grandson.