The Twelver Shii doctrine of the Hidden Imam, who is believed to be in occultation and will return as the Mahdi.
The divinely guided eschatological figure in Islam believed to usher in an era of justice and true faith before the end of times
The Mahdiyyah Messianic movement in Sudan founded by Muhammad Ahmad ibn Abd Allah in the late nineteenth century.
Belief in the appearance of a religio-political figure who will lead society to justice at the end of time, a concept shared by Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.
Self-declared Mahdi and central figure in the 1979 seizure of the Grand Mosque in Mecca.
Son of Sudanese leader Muhammad Ahmad ibn Abd Allah, reorganizer of the Mahdists, founder of the Ummah Party, and advocate for Sudanese independence.
