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<p> A Mohammedan fanatic, born in Dongola, and who, at the head of an army of dervishes, raised his standard for the revival of [[Islam]] in the Soudan; he was unsuccessfully opposed by the Egyptians, and Khartoum, occupied by them, fell into his hands, to the sacrifice of General Gordon, just as the British relief army under Lord Wolseley approached its walls in 1885, a few months after which he died at Omdurman. </p> | <p> A Mohammedan fanatic, born in Dongola, and who, at the head of an army of dervishes, raised his standard for the revival of [[Islam]] in the Soudan; he was unsuccessfully opposed by the Egyptians, and Khartoum, occupied by them, fell into his hands, to the sacrifice of General Gordon, just as the British relief army under Lord Wolseley approached its walls in 1885, a few months after which he died at Omdurman. </p> | ||
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<ref name="term_76369"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/mahdi,+mohammed+ahmed Mohammed Ahmed Mahdi from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | <ref name="term_76369"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/mahdi,+mohammed+ahmed Mohammed Ahmed Mahdi from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | ||
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Latest revision as of 18:41, 15 October 2021
Mohammed Ahmed Mahdi [1]
A Mohammedan fanatic, born in Dongola, and who, at the head of an army of dervishes, raised his standard for the revival of Islam in the Soudan; he was unsuccessfully opposed by the Egyptians, and Khartoum, occupied by them, fell into his hands, to the sacrifice of General Gordon, just as the British relief army under Lord Wolseley approached its walls in 1885, a few months after which he died at Omdurman.
