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Mahdī, Muḥammad Aḥmad, 1848-1885

LC control no.n 82164387
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Personal name headingMahdī, Muḥammad Aḥmad, 1848-1885
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Variant(s)Makhdi, 1848-1885
Muḥammad Aḥmad al-Mahdī, 1848-1885
Ibn Abdullah, Mohammed Ahmed, 1848-1885
Ibn ʻAbd Allāh, Muḥammad Aḥmad, 1848-1885
Mahdi of Allah, 1848-1885
محمد المهدي
مهدى، محمد أجمد
مهدي، محمد أحمد
مهدي، محمد أحمد، 1848-1885
مهدي، محمد احمد، 1848-1885
Ahmad, Muhammad, 1848-1885
Muhammad Ahmad, 1848-1885
Bin Abd Allah, Muhammad Ahmad, 1848-1885
Birth date1848
Death date1885-06-22
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Found inBermann, R. A. The Mahdi of Allah, 1931.
Qaddāl, M.S. al-Imām al-Mahdī, 1992: t.p. (al-Imām al-Mahdī, Muḥammad Aḥmad ibn ʻAbd Allāh, 1844-1885)
Wikipedia, 2019-04-04 (Muhammad Ahmad; Muhammad Ahmad bin Abd Allah; born Aug. 12, 1844 in Labab Island, Turkish Sudan; died June 22, 1885 in Khartoum, Mahdist Sudan; Nubian religious leader of the Samaniyya order in Sudan; proclaimed the Mahdi by his disciples, the messianic redeemer of the Islamic faith; 29 June 1881, Muhammad Ahmad publicly announced his Mahdiyya; led a successful war of liberation from the Ottoman-Egyptian military occupation and achieved a remarkable victory over the British, who were the de facto rulers of Egypt)