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Mahdist

Mahdism \Mah"dism\, n. Belief in the coming of the Mahdi; fanatical devotion to the cause of the Mahdi or a pretender to that title. -- Mah"dist, n.

Mahdism has proved the most shameful and terrible instrument of bloodshed and oppression which the modern world has ever witnessed.
--E. N. Bennett.

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Mahdist

Mahdist or Mahdism may refer to:

  • Mahdi, the prophesied redeemer of Islam
  • Ansar (Sudan), followers of Sudanese self-proclaimed Mahdi, Muhammad Ahmad (1844–1885)
    • Mahdist Sudan, Sudan under the rule of Ahmad and his followers

Usage examples of "mahdist".

One day, at a great review, when the roar of the drums rivalled the hoarse shouts of the Mahdists, and the Baggaras, for a diversion, looted one quarter of the town, Macnamara was told by his master that Slatin had been given by the Khalifa to Mahommed Sherif, and was going to Darfur.