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Definition of Mahdi

Mahdi
Mahdi Mah"di, n. [Ar., guide, leader.] Among Mohammedans, the last imam or leader of the faithful. The Sunni, the largest sect of the Mohammedans, believe that he is yet to appear. Note: The title has been taken by several persons in countries where Mohammedanism prevails, -- notably by Mohammad Ahmed, who overran the Egyptian Sudan, and in 1885 captured Khartum, his soldiers killing General Gordon, an Englishman, who was then the Egyptian governor of the region.

Meaning of Mahdi from wikipedia

- The Mahdi (Arabic: ٱلْمَهْدِيّ, romanized: al-Mahdī, lit. 'the Guided'; Persian: مهدی) is a figure in Islamic eschatology who is believed to appear at...
- Mahdi Mosque may refer to: Al-Mahdi Mosque, Bradford, England Mahdi Mosque, Hurtigheim, France Mahdi Mosque, Jamaica Al-Mahdi Mosque, Sanaa, Yemen Mahdi...
- The Mahdi Army (Arabic: جيش المهدي, romanized: Jaysh al-Mahdi) was an Iraqi Shia militia created by Muqtada al-Sadr in June 2003 and disbanded in 2008...
- Muhammad ibn Hasan al-Mahdi (Arabic: محمد بن الحسن المهدي, romanized: Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥasan al-Mahdī) is believed by the Twelver Shia to be the last of...
- Mikal Deen Mahdi (born March 20, 1983) is an American convicted killer on death row for the murder of a police officer in South Carolina. Over a period...
- ibn ʿAbd Allāh al-Mahdī (Arabic: أبو عبد الله محمد بن عبد الله المنصور; 744 or 745 – 785), better known by his regnal name al-Mahdī (المهدي, "He who is...
- Look up Mahdi, masum, Mahdism, or مهدي in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The Mahdi is the prophesied redeemer of Islam. Mehdi is a variant alternative...
- In Islamic eschatology, the Mahdi is a Messianic figure who, it is believed, will appear on Earth before the Day of Judgment, and will rid the world of...
- Sudanese religious and political leader. In 1881, he claimed to be the Mahdi and led a war against Egyptian rule in Sudan, which culminated in a remarkable...
- Sadiq al-Mahdi (Arabic: الصادق المهدي, romanized: aṣ-Ṣādiq al-Mahdī; 25 December 1935 – 26 November 2020), also known as Sadiq as-Siddiq, was a Sudanese...