Sidi Omar () is an ancient
Senussi
The Senusiyya, Senussi or Sanusi () are a Muslim political-religious Sufi order and clan in Libya and surrounding regions founded in Mecca in 1837 by the Grand Sanussi ( ''as-Sanūssiyy al-Kabīr''), the Algerian Muhammad ibn Ali al-Sanusi.
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tomb located in the Egyptian desert in the
Matrouh Governorate
Matrouh ( ) is a governorate in north-western Egypt. It borders Libya, and its capital is Mersa Matruh.
Municipal divisions
The governorate is divided into municipal divisions with a total estimated population as of January 2023 of 538,546.
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. It serves as the demarcation of the border between Libya and Egypt since the Italo-Egyptian treaty called the Treaty of Jaghbub (1925).
During the colonial stage of Italian Libya, a series of defensive positions were built on the Italian side of the
Frontier Wire (Libya) as support for
Fort Capuzzo, also called Sidi Omar (by the British Libyan Sidi Omar) and Sidi Omar Nuovo.
During the Second World War, the area of Sidi Omar played a significant role in
Operation Compass
Operation Compass (also ) was the first large British military operation of the Western Desert Campaign (1940–1943) during the Second World War. British metropolitan, Imperial and Commonwealth forces attacked the Italian and Libyan forces of ...
,
Operation Battleaxe
Operation Battleaxe (15–17 June 1941) was a British Army offensive during the Second World War to raise the Siege of Tobruk and re-capture eastern Cyrenaica from German and Italian forces. It was the first time during the war that a signific ...
and
Operation Crusader
Operation Crusader (18 November – 30 December 1941) was a military operation of the Western Desert campaign during World War II by the British Eighth Army (with Commonwealth, Indian and Allied contingents) against the Axis forces (German and ...
References
Geography of Egypt
Western Desert campaign
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