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First Italo-Senussi War

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The First Italo-Senussi War (1911–17) was conflict between the Kingdom of Italy and the Senussi for control of Libya, primarily in Cyrenaica.[1] There were two main active phases:

  • The Italo-Turkish War (1911–12), when Italy invaded Libya, then the Ottoman vilayet of Trâblus Gârb
  • The Senussi Campaign (1915–17), part of the First World War, in which Italian and British forces fought the Ottoman- and German-supported Senussi

After a period of relative peace, the Second Italo-Senussi War broke out in 1923 and lasted until 1932.

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  1. ↑ Evans-Pritchard, Edward (1954) [1949]. The Sanusi of Cyrenaica. Oxford: Clarendon. 
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