Mahdist Sudan

E56838

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.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Mahdist Sudan canonical	15
Mahdist state	5
Mahdist state in Sudan	2
Khedivate of Egypt	1
Mahdist State	1
Mahdist era	1
Mahdist state administration	1

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 War ⓘ surface form: Mahdist revolt
ethnicMajority	Arabs ⓘ surface form: Sudanese Arabs
flagUsed	black banner of the Mahdi ⓘ
followedBy	Anglo-Egyptian Sudan ⓘ
foundedBy	Muhammad Ahmad al-Mahdi ⓘ
governmentType	Islamic theocracy ⓘ Mahdist Sudan self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: 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 War ⓘ surface form: 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 (26)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Khartoum → wasMahdistCapital → Mahdist Sudan ⓘ

Rudolf Hess → countryOfBirth → Mahdist Sudan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Khedivate of Egypt

Siege of Khartoum → belligerent → Mahdist Sudan ⓘ

Mahdist Sudan → governmentType → Mahdist Sudan self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mahdist state

Omdurman → foundedBy → Mahdist Sudan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mahdist state

Omdurman → historicalPeriodOfProminence → Mahdist Sudan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mahdist era

Sudanese → historicalContext → Mahdist Sudan ⓘ

Mahdist War → countryInvolved → Mahdist Sudan ⓘ

Battle of Omdurman → belligerent → Mahdist Sudan ⓘ

Muhammad Ahmad al-Mahdi → founded → Mahdist Sudan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mahdist state in Sudan

Battle of El Obeid → belligerent → Mahdist Sudan ⓘ

Gordon Relief Expedition → opposedTo → Mahdist Sudan ⓘ

Anglo-Egyptian reconquest of Sudan → belligerent → Mahdist Sudan ⓘ

Anglo-Egyptian reconquest of Sudan → opponent → Mahdist Sudan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mahdist state

Anglo-Egyptian reconquest of Sudan → endedEntity → Mahdist Sudan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mahdist state

Mahdist Ansar forces → partOf → Mahdist Sudan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mahdist State

Anglo-Egyptian Sudan → precededBy → Mahdist Sudan ⓘ

Battle of Abu Klea → belligerent → Mahdist Sudan ⓘ

Abdallahi ibn Muhammad → led → Mahdist Sudan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mahdist state in Sudan

Abdallahi ibn Muhammad → historicalPeriod → Mahdist Sudan ⓘ

al-Mahdi → founded → Mahdist Sudan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mahdist state

al-Mahdi → founded → Mahdist Sudan ⓘ

Turco-Egyptian Sudan → followedBy → Mahdist Sudan ⓘ

Battle of Atbara → belligerent → Mahdist Sudan ⓘ

Khalifa House Museum → theme → Mahdist Sudan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mahdist state administration

Mahdi’s tomb → associatedWithState → Mahdist Sudan ⓘ