1923, May 1. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History

The Encyclopedia of World History. 2001.


1923, May 1

Start of the war between the Italians and the Sanusiyya. The Italian governor of Cyrenaica declared all agreements with the Sanusiyya to be void.	1

1927, March 9

Termination of the local administrations in Cyrenaica and Tripolitania. The Italians permanently abandoned the principle of self-government for the Libyans.	2

1928, June

A decree made all public lands suitable for agriculture available only to Italian settlers.	3

1929, Jan. 24

Union of Tripolitania and Cyrenaica under one colonial administration.	4

1931, Sept. 11

Capture and execution (Sept. 16) by Italian authorities of al-Sayyid Umar al-Mukhtar, local leader of the Sanusiyya resistance. This event marked the end of the eight-year Sanusiyya insurrection in the Libyan interior.	5

1940, June

Al-Sayyid Idris agreed to organize a Sanusi force to fight with the British in Cyrenaica.	6

1942, Jan 8

The British promised that Libya would not be returned to Italian rule after the war.	7

1943, Feb

Completion of the British occupation of Cyrenaica and Tripolitania, where separate administrations were set up. The French had already established themselves in Fezzan. (See Libya)	8


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