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Mahdist State - Wikipedia
The Mahdist State, also known as Mahdist Sudan or the Sudanese Mahdiyya, was a state based on a religious and political movement launched in 1881 by Muhammad Ahmad bin Abdullah (later Muhammad al-Mahdi) against the Khedivate of Egypt, which had ruled Sudan since 1821.
Mahdist Revolution (1881-1898) - Blackpast
Jul 15, 2009 · On June 29, 1881, a Sudanese Islamic cleric, Muhammad Ahmad, proclaimed himself the Mahdi. Playing into decades of disenchantment over Egyptian rule and new resentment against the British, Ahmad immediately transformed an incipient political movement into a fundamentally religious one.
Mahdist War - Wikipedia
The Mahdist State launched several unsuccessful invasions of their neighbours, expanding the scale of the conflict to also include the Italian Empire, the Congo Free State and the Ethiopian Empire. They also faced significant internal rebellion.
Sudan - Mahdiyyah, Islamic State, Revolt | Britannica
Jan 29, 2025 · The Mahdist state had squandered its resources on the jihad, and a period of consolidation and contraction followed, necessitated by a sequence of bad harvests resulting in famine, epidemic, and death. Between 1889 and 1892 the Sudan suffered its most devastating and terrible years, as the Sudanese sought to survive on their shriveled crops and ...
Mahdist State - Encyclopedia.com
The Mahdist state was established in the Sudan in January 1885 by Muhammad Ahmad ibn Abdullah, the self-declared mahdi (the expected divine leader of Islam), after he routed the Turko-Egyptian government and armed forces.
The Mahdist State in the Sudan, 1881-1898 : a study of its ...
Apr 19, 2022 · The Mahdist State in the Sudan, 1881-1898 : a study of its origins, development and overthrow by Holt, P. M. (Peter Malcolm)
Al-Mahdiyyah | Sudanese Islamic Revivalism Movement | Britannica
Al-Mahdiyyah, religious movement in the Sudan (1881–98), established by Muḥammad Aḥmad ibn ʿAbd Allāh al-Mahdī with the aim to reform Islam. The movement, which succeeded in overcoming the unpopular ruling Turco-Egyptian regime in the Sudan, resulted in the establishment of a Mahdist state (1885).
Mahdist State, Mahdiyya - Encyclopedia.com
MAHDIST STATE, MAHDIYYA. The Sudanese Mahdi became known in the eastern Sudan (bilad al-Sudan) in June 1881 when he began to dispatch letters to local leaders proclaiming himself the Expected Mahdi. He was Muhammad Ahmad ibn ˓Abdallah and about forty years old.