'Abd Allah

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'Abd Allah (ibn Muhammad al-Ta'i'ishi)

or 'Abdullahi

(born 1846, Sudan—died Nov. 24, 1899, Kordofan) Political and religious leader who succeeded Muhammad Ahmad (al-Mahdi) as head of the Mahdist movement in the Sudan in 1885. He launched attacks against the Ethiopians and invaded Egypt, securing his position by 1891. In 1896 Anglo-Egyptian forces began to reconquer the Sudan. 'Abd Allah resisted until 1898, when he was forced to flee Omdurman. He died in battle one year later.

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No references found			: The Secrets of Asceticism Bristol: Amal Press, 2008, Pb, 143 pp, ISBN: 978-0-9552359-6-2 This is a partial translation of the celebrated Andalusian Qur'an commentator Abu 'Abd Allah al-Qurtubi's (d. Abu Salif Ahmad Ali al-Adani (tr.): The Secrets of Asceticism by Haddad, Gibril Fouad / Islam & Science They include the following: * Three student notebooks (koplesboeke) * a manuscript by Ghatieb Magmoed * Die Boek van Tougied by Imam 'Abd Allah ibn 'Abdurauf * a letter by Achmat Effendi * Tuhfat al-Atfal ("Gift for children") by 'Abdurahim ibn Muhammad al-Iraki * Tartib al-Salah ("The system of prayer") by Imam 'Abdurahman Cassiem (Qasim) Gamieldien * a letter by Awaldien, the fezmaker * 'I'lan ("Announcement")--a letter by Abdurahmaan (Davids 1991c: 91-93). Arabic-Afrikaans literature at the Cape by Dangor, Suleman Essop / Tydskrif vir Letterkunde			"Home on the Range" "Kubla Khan" "L'Allegro" "Necklace, The" "Oh, Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie" "Red Shoes, The" "Rime of the Ancient Mariner, The" "Silent Night, Holy Night" Celebration "Steamboat Willie" "tally ho" "Third of May, 1808, The" "Webster's" # $ $1 $64,000 Question, The % & 'A'ishah 'Abbas I 'Abbasid dynasty 'Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan 'Abd al-Mu'min ibn 'Ali 'Abd al-Rahman III 'Abd al-Samad 'Abd Allah 'Abduh, Muhammad 'Adullam 'Aflaq, Michel 'Akko 'Alawiyyah 'Ali 'Amr ibn al-'As 'Arafat, Yasir 'ilm al-hadith 'Izra'il 'Ksan Celebrations 's Gravenhage 's Hertogenbosch 'Snooze 'ud 'Umar ibn al-Khattab 'Umar Tal 'Uthman ibn 'Affan (c) (TM) * symbol . LISP MOD *nix			'50s '60s '70's '70s '80s '90's '90s '98, Generation of 'A'ishah 'Abbas I 'Abbas ibn al-Ahnaf 'Abbas the Great 'Abbasid Dynasty 'Abbasid Dynasty 'Abd al-'Aziz ibn 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Faysal Al Sa'ud 'Abd al-Malik 'Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan 'Abd al-Mu'min ibn 'Ali 'Abd al-Qadir 'Abd al-Qadir al-Jaza'iri 'Abd al-Qadir ibn Muhyi al-Din ibn Mustafa al-Hasani al-Jaza'iri 'Abd al-Qadir ibn Muhyi al-Din ibn Mustafa al-Hasani al-Jaza'iri 'Abd al-Rahman III 'Abd al-Samad 'Abd al-Wahhab ibn Ahmad 'Abd Allah 'Abd ar-Rahman I 'Abduh, Muhammad 'Abdullahi 'Adullam 'Aflaq, Michel 'ain 'Akko 'Akko 'Akko 'Akko 'Akko 'Alawiyyah 'Ali 'Ali Ahmad Sa'id 'Ali Bel Hajj 'Ali ibn Abi Talib 'Ali ibn Abi Talib 'alim 'amora 'Amr ibn al-'As 'ape 'ape 'Aqiba ben Joseph 'Aqiba ben Joseph 'Arafat, Yasir 'ashtart 'ashtart 'Asir 'Asir 'athtart

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