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Sayyid ʻAbd al-Raḥmān al-Mahdī a study of neo-Mahdīsm in the Sudan, 1899-1956

This is an engrossing analysis of ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Mahdī's initiative to abandon the futile political violence and religious fanaticism of the 19th century historic Mahdiyya. It articulates his alternative constitutional strategy that has placed Neo-Mahdism in the centre stage of Sudanese poli...

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Main Author: Ibrahim, Hassan Ahmed (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boston Brill 2004
Series:Islam in Africa v. 4
Subjects:
Mahdī, ʻAbd al-Raḥmān > b. 1885
Mahdiyah
Sufism > Sudan > History
Islam and politics > Sudan
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