Al-Sanussi, Fatima b. 1911 d. October 3, 2009 Arabic Royalty. She was the only Queen of Libya. Born in the Libyan oasis of Kufra, Fatima, who never knew her exact birthdate, was descenced from the Sanussi family which had founded a revivalist Moslem sect in Mecca in 1837. At 18, she was forced by tribal warfare to flee to Egypt on camelback, but soon returned; in 1931, she married Idris, a kinsman 20 years her senior, who had succeded to leadership of the Sanussi branch of Islam. In 1949, as a reward for assistance to the British in WWII...[Read More] (Bio by: Bob Hufford) Hamza Cemetery, Medina, Al Madinah, Saudi Arabia
b. 1911 d. October 3, 2009