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Libya: Omar Mukhtar; leader of Libyan resistance in Cyrenaica against Italian colonization.

Omar Mukhtar (Umar al-Mukhtar, 1862 - September 16; 1931) of the Mnifa Tribe was born in the small village of Janzour, near Tobruk in eastern Barqa (Cyrenaica) in Libya. Beginning in 1912, he organized and - for nearly twenty years - led native resistance to Italian colonisation of Libya. Italian Fascists captured and hanged him in 1931.
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Libya: Omar Mukhtar; leader of Libyan resistance in Cyrenaica against Italian colonization.
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Omar Mukhtar (Umar al-Mukhtar, 1862 - September 16; 1931) of the Mnifa Tribe was born in the small village of Janzour, near Tobruk in eastern Barqa (Cyrenaica) in Libya. Beginning in 1912, he organized and - for nearly twenty years - led native resistance to Italian colonisation of Libya. Italian Fascists captured and hanged him in 1931.
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28.9 x 44.3 cm | 11.4 x 17.4 in (300 dpi)
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