# Omar Mukhtar

> A teacher who became a guerrilla commander and held off an empire for two decades. Omar Mukhtar led Libyan resistance against Italian colonization from 1911 until his capture and execution in 1931, refusing surrender to the end.

*Leader of the Senussi resistance against the Italian fascist occupation (1858–1931)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/omar-mukhtar

## Identity
- **Born:** 1858-08-20
- **Died:** 1931-09-16
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Born in Cyrenaica in 1858, Omar Mukhtar was an imam and teacher within the Senussi movement before the Italian invasion transformed him into a military leader. Starting in 1911, he organized native forces against Italian colonization across two wars, while also fighting French forces in Chad and the British in Egypt. For twenty years his resistance pinned down a modern colonial army. In 1931, wounded in battle near Slonta, he was captured by Libyan troops serving Italy. They offered terms; he refused them. He was hanged on 16 September 1931, at seventy-three, and became Libya's national hero — a figure of defiance across the Arab and Islamic worlds.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 60.1 / 100
- **Momentum:** 4.6 / 100  (trend: FALLING)
- **Historical depth:** 25.3 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 40.0 / 100

## Topics
#Activists, #Activist, #Activism, #19th Century

## Sources
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omar_Mukhtar)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q212388)
- [Pantheon 2.0](https://pantheon.world/profile/person/Omar%20Mukhtar)
- [Omar al-Mukhtar](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omar_al-Mukhtar)
- [عمر المختار](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B9%D9%85%D8%B1_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%AE%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B1)
- [عمر المختار](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B9%D9%85%D8%B1_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%AE%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B1)
- [عمر المختار](https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B9%D9%85%D8%B1_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%AE%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B1)
- [Ömər Muxtar](https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%96m%C9%99r_Muxtar)
- [ওমর আল-মুখতার](https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%93%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%B0_%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%B2-%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%96%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0)
- [Omer Muhtar](https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omer_Muhtar)
- [Omar Al-Mukhtar](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omar_Al-Mukhtar)
- [عومەر موختار](https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B9%D9%88%D9%85%DB%95%D8%B1_%D9%85%D9%88%D8%AE%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B1)
- [Omar Mukhtar](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omar_Mukhtar)
- [Omar al-Mukhtar](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omar_al-Mukhtar)
- [Omar Muĥtar](https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omar_Mu%C4%A5tar)
- [Omar al-Mokhtar](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omar_al-Mokhtar)
- [Omar al-Mukhtar](https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omar_al-Mukhtar)
- [Omar al-Mukhtar](https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omar_al-Mukhtar)
- [עומר אל-מוח'תאר](https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A2%D7%95%D7%9E%D7%A8_%D7%90%D7%9C-%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%97'%D7%AA%D7%90%D7%A8)
- [उमर अल-मुख्तार](https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%89%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%B0_%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%B2-%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%96%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0)
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- [オマル・ムフタール](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AA%E3%83%9E%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A0%E3%83%95%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB)
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- [Omar al Mukhtar](https://lmo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omar_al_Mukhtar)
- [Wikiquote](https://ar.wikiquote.org/wiki/%D8%B9%D9%85%D8%B1_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%AE%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B1)
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