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Mahgoub was a rigid believer in the orthodox Mahdism preached by the Imam�too rigid, in fact, for his own good.

From Time Magazine Archive

Madras, English character of, 100 Mahdism, definition of, 42 ff.

From The New World of Islam by Stoddard, Lothrop

Most of them would have sacrificed much to have been in at the death of Mahdism.

From Khartoum Campaign, 1898 or the Re-Conquest of the Soudan by Burleigh, Bennet

The result of this battle is the practical annihilation of the Khalifa's army, the consequent extinction of Mahdism in the Soudan, and the submission of the whole country formerly ruled under Egyptian authority.

From Khartoum Campaign, 1898 or the Re-Conquest of the Soudan by Burleigh, Bennet

Mahdism is at an end, and now our object will be to restore peace and prosperity to the land.

From With Kitchener in the Soudan A Story of Atbara and Omdurman by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)