After four years of revolt, the Mahdist rebels overthrew the Ottoman-Egyptian administration with the fall of Khartoum and gained control over Sudan. The Mahdist State launched several unsuccessful invasions of their neighbours, expanding the scale of the conflict to also include the Italian Empire , the Congo Free State and the Ethiopian Empire .

2009年7月15日 · On June 29, 1881, a Sudanese Islamic cleric, Muhammad Ahmad, proclaimed himself the Mahdi. Playing into decades of disenchantment over Egyptian rule and new resentment against the British, Ahmad immediately transformed an incipient political movement into a fundamentally religious one.

The Mahdist State, also known as Mahdist Sudan or the Sudanese Mahdiyya, was a state based on a religious and political movement launched in 1881 by Muhammad Ahmad bin Abdullah (later Muhammad al-Mahdi) against the Khedivate of Egypt, which had ruled Sudan since 1821.

A revolt had begun in Sudan in 1881, when Muhammad Ahmad claimed to be the mahdi – the redeemer of Islam prophesied in the hadith scriptures. This Mahdist revolt was supported by many in Sudan, both for religious reasons and due to a desire for independence from Egypt.

2024年12月20日 · The Mahdist War, also known as the Mahdist Revolt, was a significant conflict in Sudan during the late 19th century. It pitted the Mahdist forces, led by Muhammad Ahmad, against the Egyptian and British forces.

2025年1月29日 · On the Egyptian frontier in the north the jihad met its worst defeat, at Tūshkī in August 1889, when an Anglo-Egyptian army under Gen. F.W. (later Baron) Grenfell destroyed a Mahdist army led by ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Nujūmī.

The Mahdist War was a significant conflict in Sudan from 1881 to 1899, sparked by Muhammad Ahmad's declaration as the Mahdi, a messianic figure in Islam. This war arose as a reaction against British-Egyptian rule and foreign influence, intertwining themes of Islamic revivalism and anti-colonial resistance in the region.

Al-Mahdiyyah, religious movement in the Sudan (1881–98), established by Muḥammad Aḥmad ibn ʿAbd Allāh al-Mahdī with the aim to reform Islam. The movement, which succeeded in overcoming the unpopular ruling Turco-Egyptian regime in the Sudan, resulted in the establishment of a Mahdist state (1885).

The Mahdist Wars were a series of conflicts in the late 19th century, primarily between Sudanese forces led by Muhammad Ahmad, who proclaimed himself the Mahdi, and British-Egyptian forces.

2023年8月9日 · Sudan’s history is replete with moments of turmoil, resilience, and transformative change. Among the most pivotal chapters is the Mahdist Revolution, a fervent uprising in the late 19th century that left an indelible mark on the country’s trajectory toward independence.