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Also Known As Sīdī Muḥammad Idrīs al-Mahdī al-Sanūsī
Born March 13, 1890 • Al-Jaghbūb • Libya
Died May 25, 1983 (aged 93) • Cairo • Egypt
Title / Office king (1951-1969), Libya

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