The Mahdiyyah (Mahdist regime) imposes traditional Islamic…

1876 CE to 1887 CE

The Mahdiyyah (Mahdist regime) imposes traditional Islamic laws.

Sudan's new ruler also authorizes the burning of lists of pedigrees and books on law and theology because of their links to the old order.

The Mahdiyyah is known as the first genuine Sudanese nationalist govern­ment.

The Mahdi maintains that his movement is not a religious order that can be accepted or rejected at will but rather a universal regime that challenges man to join or to be destroyed.

The Mahdi also persuades his followers that loyalty to him is essential to true Islamic belief.

Moreover, service in the jihad replaces the hajj, or pil­grimage to Mecca, as a duty incumbent on the faithful.

Amsgiving becomes the tax paid to the state.

The Mahdi justified his policies by claiming he has received instructions from God in visions.

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Khartoum > Al-Khartum Al-Khartum Sudan View →

People
Abdullah Ibn-Mohammed Al-Khalifa View → Charles George Gordon View → Garnet Wolseley, 1st Viscount Wolseley View → Muhammad Ahmad View → Tewfik Pasha View → William Ewart Gladstone View →

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Nubians View → Arab people View → Beja people View → Ja'alin tribe View → Christians, Monophysite View → Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria View → Christianity, Chalcedonian View → Islam View → Muslims, Sunni View → Fur people (Nilo-Saharan tribe) View → Funj people View → Ottoman Empire View → Beja people View → Sennar, Funj Sultanate of View → Baggara View → Shaigiya View → Egypt, (Ottoman) Viceroyalty of View → Sudan, Turco-Egyptian View → Egypt, Khedivate of View →

Commodities
Weapons View → Slaves View →

Subjects
Commerce View → Watercraft View → Labor and Service View → Government View → Custom and Law View →

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