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Into this troubled atmosphere steps Muhammad Ahmad …
Years: 1876 - 1887
Into this troubled atmosphere steps Muhammad Ahmad ibn al Sayyid Abdallah, a faqir or holy man who combines personal magnetism with religious zealotry and who is determined to expel the Turks and restore Islam to its early purity.
The son of a Dongola boatbuilder, Muhammad Ahmad had joined the Sammaniyyah order.
Later, as a sheikh of the order, he spends several years in seclusion and gained a reputation as a mystic and teacher.
In 1880 he becomes a Sammaniyyah leader.
The son of a Dongola boatbuilder, Muhammad Ahmad had joined the Sammaniyyah order.
Later, as a sheikh of the order, he spends several years in seclusion and gained a reputation as a mystic and teacher.
In 1880 he becomes a Sammaniyyah leader.
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- Nubians
- Arab people
- Ja'alin tribe
- Christians, Monophysite
- Christianity, Chalcedonian
- Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria
- Islam
- Muslims, Sunni
- Fur people (Nilo-Saharan tribe)
- Funj people
- Ottoman Empire
- Sennar, Funj Sultanate of
- Baggara
- Shaigiya
- Egypt, (Ottoman) Viceroyalty of
- Sudan, Turco-Egyptian
- Egypt, Khedivate of
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Years: 1876 - 1887
Locations
People
Groups
- Nubians
- Arab people
- Ja'alin tribe
- Christians, Monophysite
- Christianity, Chalcedonian
- Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria
- Islam
- Muslims, Sunni
- Fur people (Nilo-Saharan tribe)
- Funj people
- Ottoman Empire
- Sennar, Funj Sultanate of
- Baggara
- Shaigiya
- Egypt, (Ottoman) Viceroyalty of
- Sudan, Turco-Egyptian
- Egypt, Khedivate of
Commodoties
Subjects
Regions
Subregions