State · 1951 – 1969
Kingdom of Libya
A state of 1951 – 1969 — 18 years in the Middle East and North Africa. It replaced British Military Administration and Allied administration of Libya. It was replaced by Libyan Arab Republic and history of Libya under Muammar Gaddafi. The atlas records 1 thing within it — regime change 1. Its line of rulers holds 1 person. Its own article says it was dissolved.
For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the state.
- Stood
- 18 years
- 1951 – 1969
- Rulers
- 1
- the Monarch
- Most ground
- 1.62 million km²
- in 1958
- Within it
- 1
- recorded row
- Symbols
- 2
- on record, with years
Where it sits in time
Five thousand years, 3000 BCE to 2026; the state in gold, what it replaced or followed and what replaced or followed it in grey.
Before and after
The states the record files it as replacing or following, and those that replaced or followed it - Wikidata's own statements, each read from this state's side.
Before it
- British Military Administration · replaces · 1943 – 1951
- Allied administration of Libya · replaces
After it
- history of Libya under Muammar Gaddafi · replaced by
- Libyan Arab Republic · replaced by · 1969 – 1977
How it ended, as its article says
Dissolved, 1969-09-01. Read from the article's section “History - 1969 coup and end of the monarchy” by its grammar; the claim is only that the article says so.
The monarchy came to an end on 1 September 1969 when a group of military officers led by Muammar Gaddafi staged a coup d'état against King Idris while he was in Turkey for medical treatment.
One sentence of the English Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Rulers
Read from the state’s own English article and its rulers’ articles, where Wikidata names no ruler.
| Ruler | Reign | Length | How it ended · source | To the ruler before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Idris of Libya | 1951 – 1969 | 18 years | deposed, the article saysread from the ruler's own article |
1 rulers, 1 with terms dated as terms, covering 1951 – 1969. Only 18 years of the line are dated - too short for a median. A blank in the last column means no kin on record, which is coverage, never “unrelated”.
Ground held, by year
km² inside its borders as the borders dataset draws them, measured on an equal-area grid; a step series, held between the years the dataset maps.
1.62 million km² in 1956, 1.62 million km² in 1966; at its largest 1.62 million km² in 1961. Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0.
Flags and arms, in order
Each symbol with the years its own statement gives; the timeline flies the one of the year on screen.

flag, undatedFlag of Libya · Public domain .svg/120px-Coat_of_arms_of_Libya_(1952%E2%80%931969).svg.png)
coat of arms, from 1952Coat of arms of Libya (1952–1969) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Пакко
What happened within it, by century
Every row the atlas hosts under this state, by the century it began in: wars and battles in red, risings, regime changes and massacres beside them, everything else in grey. A tall bar is a century the record is full for, which is partly a fact about Wikipedia.
1900 – 19991 row · 1 risings, regime changes and massacres
- 1969 Libyan revolution · adverse regime change · 1969
Among all states
Each measure against the states that carry it, never against all of them: a bar is the share of those states below this one.
- How long it stood18 years
stood longer than 22% of 3,187 states with a recorded end or still standing.
- The most ground it held1,616,800 km²
held more ground at its peak than 89% of 1,465 states with a border in Cliopatria.
- Wars recorded per centurynone
had more wars on record per century than 44% of 3,187 states, counting the wars the atlas hosts under each.
- Rulers on record1
has more rulers on record than 13% of 1,968 states with a line of rulers.
What led to it, and what came of it
The investigation's own picture: 2 causes the record names and 1 result, the strongest six of each at their own years, joined to the state by the kind of claim - a recorded statement solid, the article's sentence dashed, a theory dash-dot.
Open the investigation: every row with its evidence, the conditions at the time, the theories condition by condition, and the succession analysed.
Open in the atlas
- On the timeline, 1941 – 1979, with everything that stood beside it.
- On the map in 1958, live: scrub the year and watch its borders move.
- Investigate it: what led to it, what came of it, and its succession analysed.
Wikidata Q31454 (CC0) · borders Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0 · coast and rivers Natural Earth · symbols from Wikimedia Commons, each credited above · one sentence of the English Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA 4.0 · data built 2026-10-06 · Pastlas v2.9.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.