Mahdi
noun
the Muslim messiah, an expected spiritual and temporal ruler destined to establish a reign of righteousness throughout the world.
Mahdism
-
a word derived from
Mahdi.
Example Sentences
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The fifteen years' campaign against Mahdism was nigh over, but not quite concluded, with the victory of Omdurman.
From Khartoum Campaign, 1898 or the Re-Conquest of the Soudan by Bennet Burleigh
The risings were inspired largely by the mystical doctrine known as "Mahdism."
From The New World of Islam by Lothrop Stoddard
Mahdism was unknown to primitive Islam, no trace of it occurring in the Koran.
From The New World of Islam by Lothrop Stoddard
With the defeat and flight of Abdullah, Mahdism became a thing of the past.
From Khartoum Campaign, 1898 or the Re-Conquest of the Soudan by Bennet Burleigh
By the overthrow of Mahdism, the great region of Central Africa has been opened to civilisation.
From Khartoum Campaign, 1898 or the Re-Conquest of the Soudan by Bennet Burleigh
