Mahdist Sudan

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Islamic state historical state theocracy

Mahdist Sudan was a late 19th-century Islamic state in the Sudanese region established by Muhammad Ahmad al-Mahdi after his revolt against Ottoman-Egyptian and British rule.

Aliases (3)

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Islamic state → historical state → theocracy →
capital	Omdurman →
capturedCity	Khartoum →
conflict	Mahdist War →
continent	Africa →
country	Sudan →
currency	Egyptian pound →
dissolutionCause	Anglo-Egyptian reconquest of Sudan →
dissolutionEvent	Battle of Omdurman →
endTime	1898 →
establishedAsResultOf	Mahdist War → Mahdist revolt →
ethnicMajority	Sudanese Arabs →
flagUsed	black banner of the Mahdi →
followedBy	Anglo-Egyptian Sudan →
foundedBy	Muhammad Ahmad al-Mahdi →
governmentType	Islamic theocracy → Mahdist state →
ideology	Mahdism →
language	Arabic →
leader	Abdallahi ibn Muhammad → Muhammad Ahmad al-Mahdi →
leaderTitle	Imam → Khalifa → al-Mahdi →
legalSystem	Sharia →
locatedInPresentDay	South Sudan → Sudan →
majorBattle	Battle of Atbara → Battle of Omdurman → Siege of Khartoum →
notableLeader	Abdallahi ibn Muhammad →
opposedTo	Khedivate of Egypt → Ottoman Empire → United Kingdom →
partOf	Mahdist movement →
precededBy	Turco-Egyptian Sudan →
region	Nile Valley → Sahel →
religion	Islam → Sunni Islam →
startTime	1885 →
successorState	Anglo-Egyptian Sudan →
yearAbdallahiBecameLeader	1885 →
yearOfCaptureOfKhartoum	1885 →

Referenced by (8)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Siege of Khartoum →	belligerent
Mahdist War →	countryInvolved
Rudolf Hess ("Khedivate of Egypt") →	countryOfBirth
Omdurman ("Mahdist state") →	foundedBy
Mahdist Sudan ("Mahdist state") →	governmentType
Sudanese →	historicalContext
Omdurman ("Mahdist era") →	historicalPeriodOfProminence
Khartoum →	wasMahdistCapital