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Muhammad Ahmad bin Abdullah bin Fahal ( Arabic: محمد أحمد بن عبد الله بن فحل; 12 August 1843 – 21 June 1885) was a 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 victory over them in the Siege of Khartoum.
In the 1870s, a Muslim cleric named Muhammad Ahmad preached renewal of the faith and liberation of the land, and began attracting followers. Soon in open revolt against the Egyptians, Muhammad Ahmad proclaimed himself the Mahdi, the promised redeemer of the Islamic world.
Dopo essere divenuto il capo della confraternita stessa nel 1880, durante un momento difficile della storia del Sudan di quegli anni si proclamò Mahdi e, appoggiandosi al popolare sentimento religioso e nazionalista, si pose a capo della rivolta contro la dominazione anglo-egiziana.
Muhammad Ahmad's charismatic leadership style, combined with his religious fervor and strategic military tactics, played a crucial role in rallying support and ultimately achieving victory in the revolt against the Ottoman-Egyptian administration in Sudan.
The Mahdist State, also known as Mahdist Sudan or the Sudanese Mahdiyya, was a state based on a religious and political movement launched in 1881 by Muhammad Ahmad bin Abdullah (later Muhammad al-Mahdi) against the Khedivate of Egypt, which had ruled Sudan since 1821.
- c. 25th cent. BC-16th cent. BC
- 16th cent. BC-9th cent. BC
- 9th cent. BC-4th cent. AD
- before c. 25th cent. BC
Muhammad Ahmad ibn as Sayyid Abd Allah (otherwise known as The Mahdi or Mohammed Ahmed) (August 12, 1844 – June 22, 1885) was a Muslim religious leader and a Sufi teacher, in the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. He declared a jihad and raised an army after declaring himself the Mahdi, a Messianic figure in Islamic thought, in 1881, and led a successful ...
Muhammad Ahmad bin Abd Allah (Arabic:محمد أحمد المهدي) (August 12, 1845 – June 22, 1885) was a religious leader of the Samaniyya order in Sudan who, on June 29, 1881, proclaimed himself as the Mahdi or messianic redeemer of the Islamic faith.
