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mahdi

mahdi


  1  definition  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Mahdi  \Mah"di\,  n.  [Ar.,  guide,  leader.] 
  Among  Mohammedans,  the  last  imam  or  leader  of  the  faithful. 
  The  Sunni,  the  largest  sect  of  the  Mohammedans,  believe  that 
  he  is  yet  to  appear. 
 
  Note:  The  title  has  been  taken  by  several  persons  in 
  countries  where  Mohammedanism  prevails,  --  notably  by 
  Mohammad  Ahmed  who  overran  the  Egyptian  Sudan,  and  in 
  1885  captured  Khartum,  his  soldiers  killing  General 
  Gordon,  an  Englishman,  who  was  then  the  Egyptian 
  governor  of  the  region.