RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Muhammad Ahmad

1844 - 1885

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Muhammad Ahmad bin Abdullah bin Fahal (Arabic: محمد أحمد بن عبد الله بن فحل; 12 August 1843 – 21 June 1885) was a Sudanese religious and political leader. In 1881, he claimed to be the Mahdi and led a war against Egyptian rule in Sudan, which culminated in a remarkable victory over them in the Siege of Khartoum. He created a vast Islamic state extending from the Red Sea to Central Africa and founded a movement that remained influential in Sudan a century later. From his announcement of the Mahdist State in June 1881 until its end in 1899, the Mahdi's supporters, the Ansār, established many of its theological and political doctrines. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Muhammad Ahmad is the 727th most popular religious figure (down from 603rd in 2019), the 4th most popular biography from Sudan (down from 3rd in 2019) and the most popular Sudanese Religious Figure.

Muhammad Ahmad was a Sudanese religious leader who founded the Mahdist movement. He led a religious revolution in Sudan that resulted in the overthrow of the Egyptian-Ottoman rule.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Muhammad Ahmad ranks 727 out of 3,187. Before him are Theodore Edgar McCarrick, Zayd ibn Ali, Pelagia, Nathan Söderblom, Silas, and Dayananda Saraswati. After him are Demetrios I of Constantinople, Eulalia of Mérida, John Cassian, Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, Angelo Scola, and Obadiah.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1844, Muhammad Ahmad ranks 23. Before him are Friedrich Ratzel, Mary Cassatt, Pablo de Sarasate, `Abdu'l-Bahá, Ismail Qemali, and Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. After him are Charles-Marie Widor, Abdur Rahman Khan, Julius Wellhausen, Adolf Engler, Charles-Émile Reynaud, and Friedrich Miescher. Among people deceased in 1885, Muhammad Ahmad ranks 6. Before him are Victor Hugo, Ulysses S. Grant, Alfonso XII of Spain, Ferdinand II of Portugal, and Karl Anton, Prince of Hohenzollern. After him are Alexander Karađorđević, Prince of Serbia, Duke Alexander of Württemberg, Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia, Carl Spitzweg, Jens Peter Jacobsen, and Rosalía de Castro.

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In Sudan

Among people born in Sudan, Muhammad Ahmad ranks 4 out of 38. Before him are Omar al-Bashir (1944), Luqman (-1100), and Mohamed Naguib (1901). After him are Piye (-800), Josephine Bakhita (1868), Gaafar Nimeiry (1930), Abdel Fattah al-Burhan (1960), John Garang (1945), Osman Hussein (1951), Abdalla Hamdok (1956), and Tayeb Salih (1929).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Sudan

Among religious figures born in Sudan, Muhammad Ahmad ranks 1. After him are Josephine Bakhita (1868), and Gabriel Zubeir Wako (1941).

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