Muhammad Ahmad's sermons attract an increasing number…

1876 CE to 1887 CE

Muhammad Ahmad's sermons attract an increasing number of followers.

Among them is Abdullah ibn Muhammad, a Baqqara from southern Darfur, whose planning capabilities are to prove of great value.

Muhammad Ahmad reveals himself as al-Mahdi al-Mun­tazar ("the awaited guide in the right path," usually seen as the Mahdi), sent from God to redeem the faithful and pre­pare the way for the second coming of the Prophet 'Isa (Jesus).

The Mahdist movement that he founds demanded a return to the simplicity of early Islam, abstention from alcohol and tobacco, and the strict seclusion of women.

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Khartoum > Al-Khartum Al-Khartum Sudan View →

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Abdullah Ibn-Mohammed Al-Khalifa View → Charles George Gordon View → Muhammad Ahmad View → Tewfik Pasha View →

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

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