Mahdist
Mahdist or Mahdism may refer to:
- Mahdi, the prophesied redeemer of Islam
- Messianism#Islam
- Ansar (Sudan), followers of Muhammad Ahmad (1844–1885), Sudanese self-proclaimed Mahdi
- Mahdist Sudan, Sudan under the rule of Ahmad and his followers
See also
- List of Mahdi claimants
- Mahdist War, a colonial war of the late 19th century
- See excellent book by Kaveh Afrasiabi on Mahdism, Shiism and Communicative Eco-Theology.
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