1911 September 29
Italy invades Libya. Start of the Italo-Turkish
War
1912 September
Ahmad al-Sharif al-Sanusi declares the establishment of ‘al-hokouma
al-Sanusiya’
(the Sanusiya government)
1912 October 17
Treaty of Lausanne (Ouchy); Turkey to withdraw its army from Libya
1913 May 16
Italian forces defeated in the battle of Sidi al-Qarba
1915 February
Muhammad Idris
al-Sanusi meets with Lord Kitchener, British Governor of Egypt, in
Cairo
1915 May
Italy enters World War I on the side of the Allies
1915 November
Sanusi forces attack British garrisons in western Egypt
1916 March
British forces recapture Marsa Matruh, Salloum, and other territories in
Libyan Desert
1916 March
Ahmad al-Sharif al-Sanusi hands over the Sanusiya leadership to his cousin
Muhammad Idris al-Sanusi
1917 April
Accord of Akrama (Acroma) between Italy and the Sanusi
1919 October
Cyrenaica and Tripolitania establish Parliament, government council, and
local councils
1920 October
Accord of Al-Rajma Italy recognises al-Sanusi as ‘Amir’ (prince) of Cyreniaca