Ahmed Sharif as-Senussi (Arabic: أحمد الشريف السنوسي) (1873 – 10 March 1933) was the supreme leader of the Senussi order (1902–1933), although his leadership in the years 1917–1933 could be considered nominal.

Ahmed Sharif was the grandson of Muhammad ibn Ali as-Senussi, who founded the Senussi religious order in Cyrenaica in the middle of nineteenth century.

[2] In 1900, the French forces approached to Kanem, Mohammed el Mahdi assigned his nephew Ahmed to lead the struggle.

Between those who fought with Mohammed el Barrani (Ruler of Zawiyat Ber Alali in Kanem), and Omar Al-Mukhtar, the future resistance leader in Libya.

He worked with many Turkish officers against the Italians, such as Enver, Fethi, Mustafa Kemal, Cevat Abbas, Fuat Bulca, and Süleyman Askeri.

[clarification needed] On the second day of his arrival in Istanbul on August 31, 1918, Sheikh Senussi girded Mehmed VI with a sword at a ceremony held in Eyüpsultan.

Sheikh Senussi arrived in Ankara in November 1920, and was welcomed with a banquette, where he and Mustafa Kemal Pasha exchanged flattering speeches to each other.

In late 1920, pro-Turkish tribes and communities in Iraq revolted, where they decided that Burhanettin Efendi, son of Abdul Hamid II, would be a candidate for the Iraqi throne, and Sheikh Senussi would be regent until the prince's arrival.

Senussi reiterated his support for Mustafa Kemal and the National Struggle movement with the speeches given in Konya, Eskişehir, Sivas, Malatya, Diyarbakır, Antep, Urfa and Mardin.

The Nationalists leaders used his influence to gain support among the Arab, Kurdish, and Turkish tribes in Northern Iraq; and he became an important spokesperson of Ankara in the region.

[12][11] Mustafa Kemal granted Sheikh Senussi large plot of land in Adana, a few houses, and the transferal of his family about one hundred.

He was visited by many deputies in the Grand National Assembly, including Rauf Orbay and Ali Fuad Cebesoy, who were present at the banquet given by the Afghan Ambassador Ahmed Khan.

Mustafa Kemal presented Sheikh Ahmed Sanusi with an amber rosary and visited him at his home in Camii Cedit.