Muhammad Idris bin Muhammad al-Mahdi as-Senussi

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head of state human king politician religious leader

Muhammad Idris bin Muhammad al-Mahdi as-Senussi, better known as King Idris I of Libya, was the first and only monarch of the Kingdom of Libya, ruling from its independence in 1951 until his overthrow in 1969.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Idris al-Senussi	2
Muhammad Idris bin Muhammad al-Mahdi as-Senussi canonical	1
Sayyid Idris al-Senussi	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9818531 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Muhammad Idris bin Muhammad al-Mahdi as-Senussi
Context triple: [Idris I of Libya, birthName, Muhammad Idris bin Muhammad al-Mahdi as-Senussi]

A. Sheik Ahmed Ben Hassan
Sheik Ahmed Ben Hassan is the fictional desert chieftain and romantic lead portrayed by Rudolph Valentino in the 1921 silent film "The Sheik."
B. Abd al-Wahid Yahya
Abd al-Wahid Yahya is the Islamic name and pseudonym adopted by French metaphysician and esotericist René Guénon after his conversion to Islam and move to Egypt.
C. Al-Nasser Salah Ad-Din
Al-Nasser Salah Ad-Din is a historical epic film by Egyptian director Youssef Chahine that dramatizes the life and military campaigns of the Muslim leader Saladin during the Crusades.
D. Abdel Aziz
Abdel Aziz is a common Arabic male given name meaning "servant of the Almighty" and is widely used across the Muslim world.
E. Sallah Mohammed Faisel el-Kahir
Sallah Mohammed Faisel el-Kahir is a jovial Egyptian excavator and close friend of Indiana Jones who assists him in several of his archaeological adventures.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Muhammad Idris bin Muhammad al-Mahdi as-Senussi
Target entity description: Muhammad Idris bin Muhammad al-Mahdi as-Senussi, better known as King Idris I of Libya, was the first and only monarch of the Kingdom of Libya, ruling from its independence in 1951 until his overthrow in 1969.

A. Sheik Ahmed Ben Hassan
Sheik Ahmed Ben Hassan is the fictional desert chieftain and romantic lead portrayed by Rudolph Valentino in the 1921 silent film "The Sheik."
B. Abd al-Wahid Yahya
Abd al-Wahid Yahya is the Islamic name and pseudonym adopted by French metaphysician and esotericist René Guénon after his conversion to Islam and move to Egypt.
C. Al-Nasser Salah Ad-Din
Al-Nasser Salah Ad-Din is a historical epic film by Egyptian director Youssef Chahine that dramatizes the life and military campaigns of the Muslim leader Saladin during the Crusades.
D. Abdel Aziz
Abdel Aziz is a common Arabic male given name meaning "servant of the Almighty" and is widely used across the Muslim world.
E. Sallah Mohammed Faisel el-Kahir
Sallah Mohammed Faisel el-Kahir is a jovial Egyptian excavator and close friend of Indiana Jones who assists him in several of his archaeological adventures.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	head of state ⓘ human ⓘ king ⓘ politician ⓘ religious leader ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Idris I of Libya NERFINISHED ⓘ King Idris I of Libya NERFINISHED ⓘ
birthDate	1889-03-12 ⓘ
birthPlace	Cyrenaica NERFINISHED ⓘ Jaghbub NERFINISHED ⓘ Ottoman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
burialPlace	Al-Baqi Cemetery NERFINISHED ⓘ Medina NERFINISHED ⓘ Saudi Arabia NERFINISHED ⓘ
capitalDuringReign	Benghazi NERFINISHED ⓘ Tripoli NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Libya NERFINISHED ⓘ
deathDate	1983-05-25 ⓘ
deathPlace	Cairo NERFINISHED ⓘ Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ
era	20th century ⓘ
familyName	as-Senussi NERFINISHED ⓘ
father	Muhammad al-Mahdi as-Senussi NERFINISHED ⓘ
givenName	Muhammad Idris NERFINISHED ⓘ
headOfGovernmentOf	Kingdom of Libya NERFINISHED ⓘ
memberOfDynasty	Senussi dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ
monarchOf	Kingdom of Libya NERFINISHED ⓘ
mother	Aisha bint Muqarrib al-Barasa NERFINISHED ⓘ
name	Muhammad Idris bin Muhammad al-Mahdi as-Senussi NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor	being the first and only king of Libya ⓘ leading Libya to independence in 1951 ⓘ
overthrownBy	Muammar Gaddafi NERFINISHED ⓘ
positionHeld	Emir of Cyrenaica NERFINISHED ⓘ Head of the Senussi Order ⓘ King of Libya NERFINISHED ⓘ
predecessorState	Italian Libya NERFINISHED ⓘ
reignEnd	1969-09-01 ⓘ
reignStart	1951-12-24 ⓘ
religion	Islam ⓘ
religiousOrder	Senussi order NERFINISHED ⓘ
significantEvent	Libyan independence ⓘ establishment of the Kingdom of Libya ⓘ
spouse	Fatimah as-Senussi NERFINISHED ⓘ
styleOfAddress	His Majesty King Idris I NERFINISHED ⓘ
succeededBy	Muammar Gaddafi NERFINISHED ⓘ
title	Amir al-Mu'minin NERFINISHED ⓘ Sayyid NERFINISHED ⓘ
wasOverthrownIn	1969 Libyan coup d'état ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

King Idris I of Libya → birthName → Muhammad Idris bin Muhammad al-Mahdi as-Senussi ⓘ

subject surface form: Idris I of Libya

King Idris I of Libya → alsoKnownAs → Muhammad Idris bin Muhammad al-Mahdi as-Senussi ⓘ

subject surface form: Idris I of Libya

this entity surface form: Sayyid Idris al-Senussi

Second Italo-Senussi War → commander → Muhammad Idris bin Muhammad al-Mahdi as-Senussi ⓘ

this entity surface form: Idris al-Senussi

Second Italo-Senussi War → notableLeaderOfResistance → Muhammad Idris bin Muhammad al-Mahdi as-Senussi ⓘ