Definition of Mahdists. Meaning of Mahdists. Synonyms of Mahdists

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Definition of Mahdists

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.

Meaning of Mahdists from wikipedia

- in 1898 and the Mahdist state collapsed following defeat at the battle of Omdurman. The last organised resistance from the Mahdists ended the next year...
- the Mahdist government was also fuelled by many Mahdists behaving arrogantly and abusive towards the locals. Several states bordering the Mahdist State...
- Look up Mahdist or Mahdism in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Mahdist or Mahdism may refer to: Mahdist (follower), in the context of the Mahdi, the prophesied...
- night of 25–26 January an estimated 50,000 Mahdists attacked the city wall just before midnight. The Mahdists took advantage of the seasonally low level...
- revolts in Egyptian Sudan, this resulted in the formation of Mahdist State. In 1889 the Mahdists were defeated by the British, who formed Anglo-Egyptian Sudan...
- unified Isma'ili community as not all adherents of the movement accepted his Mahdist claims. Those in Iraq and Arabia, known as Qarmatians after their leader...
- maneuver by the Mahdists, Chaltin's forces stormed the heights and dislodged the defenders. The Congolese companies pursued the retreating Mahdists back towards...
- was sent to Omdurman, the Mahdist capital, where he met the Khalīfa ʿAbdallāhi. Returning to Darfur, Ali served the Mahdists by calling on notables of...
- overwhelmed by the better disciplined Mahdist army. As a result of this loss, northwestern Ethiopia was open to the Mahdists who entered Gondar to plunder it...
- changed sides, and were now fighting for the Mahdists. The British, forming into a square, circled the Mahdist entrenchments to outflank them, under cover...