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A small zawiya outside the city contains the tomb of the grandfather of Al-Senussi. It is said that the family still resides in Algeria. Muhammad Al-Bahiy also mentioned that the family still exists in Algeria.

This is in his discussion of the Al-Senussi family. He then mentions the Al-Atresh family.

This family traces its lineage to Ali bin Abi Talib through the Idrisid Al-Hasani, who ruled the Maghreb Al-Aqsa. Arslan mentioned that he saw a lineage for the family that ends with Ali bin Abi Talib and Fatima Al-Zahra. Al-Ashhab, in his discussion of lineage, mentioned that the Khedive of Egypt, Ismail Pasha, ordered the lineage to be inscribed in golden letters within a gilded frame.

Al-Mustani also mentioned in his Encyclopedia that the lineage of Muhammad bin Ali Al-Senussi connects to Al-Hasan, son of Imam Ali. King Idris I, grandson of Al-Senussi, included this lineage in his biography of his grandfather, which he presented in the book "Iqath Al-Wasnan," stating: "He is Muhammad bin Ali Al-Senussi bin Muhammad bin Abdul Qadir bin Shibida bin Ham bin Yusuf bin Abdullah bin Khattab bin Ali Al-Senussi. bin Yahya bin Rashid bin Ahmed bin Mandas bin Muhammad Al-Qawi bin Abdul Rahman bin Yusuf bin Zamad bin Zayn Al-Abidin bin Yusuf bin Hassan bin Idris bin Saad bin Yaqoub bin Dawud bin Hamza bin Ali bin Imran bin Idris bin Idris bin Abdullah Al-Kamil bin...

Muhammad Al-Bahiy: Lectures on Islamic Thought in its Second Stage, p. 35. Arslan: Al-Majd Al-Thani, p. 1. Muhammad Al-Tayyib Al-Ashhab: Al-Senussi Al-Kabir, p. 24. Al-Mustani: Encyclopedia, Vol. 10, entry: Senussi.

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