Mahdism
- a word derived from Mahdi.
Example Sentences
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Wingate's Mahdism, chaps. i.-iii., for the rise of the Mahdi and his triumph over Hicks.
From The Development of the European Nations, 1870-1914 (5th ed.) by Rose, John Holland
Lord Cromer has been blamed for many things he did, and much that he left undone, during the earlier days of Mahdism.
From Khartoum Campaign, 1898 or the Re-Conquest of the Soudan by Burleigh, Bennet
But the cessation of the trans-Atlantic slave-trade only served to stimulate the Arab man-hunters of Eastern Africa to greater efforts; and the rise of Mahdism quickened the demand for slaves in an unprecedented manner.
From The Development of the European Nations, 1870-1914 (5th ed.) by Rose, John Holland
The results of the battle of Omdurman were the practical destruction of the khalifa’s army, the extinction of Mahdism in the Sudan, and the recovery of nearly all the country formerly under Egyptian authority.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 1 "Edwardes" to "Ehrenbreitstein" by Various
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)
