1.(Biography) the title assumed byMohammed Ahmed.?1843–85, Sudanese military leader, who led a revolt against Egypt (1881) and captured Khartoum (1885) 2.(Islam)Islamany of a number of Muslim messiahs expected to convert all mankind to Islam ...
claiming the cause of death to be typhus. He was soon buried in the town of Omdurman, Sudan, and left a legacy of fighting for Sudan’s independence against foreign powers. However, Al-Mahdi’s regime would not survive his death as the British would return with an army to end this new...
they destroyed an Egyptian army of 10,000 men under the command of a British colonel. After Shaykān, the Sudan was lost, and not even the heroic leadership of Gordon, who was hastily sent toKhartoum, could save the Sudan forEgypt. On Jan. 26, 1885, the Mahdists captured Khartoum and...