Editing Idris of Libya (section)

==Early life==
Idris was born at [[Al-Jaghbub]], the headquarters of the [[Senussi]] movement, on 12 March 1889 (although some sources give the year as 1890), a son of [[Sayyid]] [[Muhammad al-Mahdi as-Senussi|Muhammad al-Mahdi bin Sayyid Muhammad al-Senussi]] and his third wife Aisha bint Muqarrib al-Barasa.{{citation needed|date=August 2020}} He was a grandson of Sayyid [[Muhammad ibn Ali as-Senussi]], the founder of the Senussi [[Muslim]] [[Sufi]] Order and the Senussi tribe in North Africa. Idris's family claimed descent from the Islamic prophet [[Muhammad]] through his daughter, [[Fatimah]].{{sfn|St. John|2012|p=111}} The Senussi were a revivalist [[Sunni]] Islamic sect who were based largely in Cyrenaica, a region in present-day eastern Libya.{{sfn|Vandewalle|2006|p=18}} The Ottoman Sultan [[Abdul Hamid II]] sent his aide-de-camp Azmzade Sadik El Mueyyed to Jaghbub in 1886 and to Kufra in 1895 to cultivate positive relations with the Senussi and to counter the West European [[scramble for Africa]].{{sfn|Gokkent|2021}} By the end of the nineteenth century the Senussi Order had established a government in Cyrenaica, unifying its tribes, controlling its [[Hajj|pilgrimage]] and trade routes, and collecting taxes.{{sfn|Vandewalle|2006|p=19}}

In 1916, Idris became chief of the Senussi order, following the abdication of his cousin Sayyid [[Ahmed Sharif es Senussi]]. He was recognized by the British under the new title "[[emir]]" of the territory of [[Cyrenaica]], a position also confirmed by the Italians in 1920. He was also installed as Emir of [[Tripolitania]] on 28 July 1922.{{sfn|Mortimer|2014|p=35}}