Encyclopedia of Islam

Mahdiyya movement

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Lord Kitchener that conquered the Mahdist state 

in 1898. Even in defeat, the Mahdists retained 

widespread popularity. Their descendants formed 

the Ansar party that pushed for Sudanese inde-

pendence in the 1950s.

Further reading: Richard A. Bermann, The Mahdi of 

Allah (New York: MacMillan, 1932); P. M. Holt, The 

Mahdist State in the Sudan (London: Oxford University 

Press, 1958); Rudolf C. Slatin Pasha, Fire and Sword in 

the Sudan: A Personal Narrative of Fighting and Serv-

ing the Dervishes, 1879–1895. Translated by Major F. 

R. Wingate (London: Edward Arnold, 1896); Haim 

Shaked,  The Life of the Sudanese Mahdi (New Bruns-

wick, N.J.: Transaction Books, 1978).

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