Mahdi
noun
the Muslim messiah, an expected spiritual and temporal ruler destined to establish a reign of righteousness throughout the world.
Mahdist
-
a word derived from
Mahdi.
Example Sentences
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The Mahdist war was also the backdrop for A.E.W.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 1, 2025
There was also concern that the Mahdist ruler, Abdullah Ibn-Muhammed Al-Khalifa, might ally with Menelik II to drive Europeans out.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022
Finally, in September 1898, Kitchener and his forces, augmented by British troops, met the Mahdist ruler Al-Khalifa at Omdurman and defeated him.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022
As the French marched steadily across the Sahara, Kitchener, with an Egyptian and Sudanese army, moved south along the Nile, establishing railroad lines and reclaiming towns from Mahdist control as he went.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022
The Taiping revolt, which had some remarkable points of similarity with the Mahdist rebellion in the Sudan, had commenced in 1850 in the province of Kwangsi.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" by Various
