The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-05-22

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than the TAI OK utandfsfn ana the sub
sfIfufion u It's place Of TIE openly sd-
misfed political e vel g religious
leadership Of the grea1 ske1k Of the
Sennssiys. The importance Of the
SentsissyA as feature IN Central
African affairs hss long been recog-
nIxed, Ihsy lavor the sect OF The
Mnssuimnn reilg1on. 90 which before
the outbreak Of mahdlsm almost AL
the Mohamrnessan populations Of CEN
tral Africa belonged. The founder OF
TIE sect, Aheik Senussz &, vas 9 sort
OF Eastern Savonayoia, who, after
preaching IN vain against the impurity
and degeneration Of modern Mohsnl-
mechanism. was Obliged to leave Mecca
rather less than halt 8 century ago,
and passing through Egypt, where hs
refused the oder Of the reiKning
khcdive % establish himself. took up
his residence In Tripoli- The extraoy-
binary influence that he acquired
there is matter Of history.
The fall Of Abdel kader probably
contributed to concentrate political Is
well as religious infiuen& IN the North
Of Africa IN his hands. In airy case
the Turkish government recognized
the value Of his friendship and entered
into . sort Of tacif alliance with him
with the result that TO this day the ad-
ministration Of TripoH is practically
the EenusSiya. As q religious sect
their authority has spread right
through the North OF Africa and
Egypt into Syria down to the Zanzi-
bar coast. on 10 the Congo, where
Tippo lib and his followers are said
to b ardent devotAes Of the Senussi
doctrines. and especially into the
regions Of Darfur. Wadai and the
neigh boring states. Anything like
general rising OF the Senuxsiva would
mean such Mohammadan move
meuf as has not been seen for centu-
ries.
But the first Shiek Senussi died in
1859, and his son. the present Sid
Hamed Senussi. has hitherto lived in
seclueion ii the oasis OF Siwah. r<celv-
ing with yelled face the caravans Of
p;frrims who 20 to him. and while
minimizing and spreading the reli-
rious infiuence Of His father. he has
professed Is tale absnluteIy nc, mart n
worldly poiifics. In fsso Arabia sent 4
denutafion to him askine for his ann
rort in the movements which wac n, X
directed arainst foreicn inflpenca he
received fhe deuufaf;nn kingjlv Int
sent them hack nth fhe r,ess.os 4hat
he could tale no mart In anv noliticsI
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