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Muhammad Ahmad: see Mahdi Muhammad Ahmad, 1844–85, a Muslim religious leader in the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. He declared himself in 1881 to be the Mahdi and led a war of liberation from the oppressive Egyptian military occupation. He died soon after capturing Khartoum. ..... Click the link for more information. . How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Ubayd Allah is one of several figures in Islamic African history who have claimed to be the Mahdi, the most celebrated being Muhammad Ahmad, who founded the Mahdist state in northern Sudan in the late nineteenth century. Large numbers of British troops and their native proxies ended up fighting the Mahdists and their jihad against Egypt and the infidels. If England had disarmed to the point of being unable to conquer the Sudan and protect Egypt, so that the Mahdists had established their supremacy in northeastern Africa, the result would have been a horrible and bloody calamity to mankind. |
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