MAHDIST

Meaning of MAHDIST in English

-_də̇st noun

( -s )

Usage: usually capitalized

: an adherent of Mahdism

Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

MAHDIST — noun see: Mahdi
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
MAHDIST — see Mahdi
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MAHDIST — also called Ansar, or Al-ansar (Arabic: Helper), follower of al-Mahdi (Muhammad Ahmad ibn as-Sayyid 'Abd Allah) or of his successor …
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MAHDIST MOVEMENT — Religious and political movement founded by the Sudanese prophet al- He adopted the name al-Mahdi (meaning "Divinely Inspired One") because …
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STANLEY, SIR HENRY MORTON — orig. John Rowlands born Jan. 28, 1841, Denbigh, Denbighshire, Wales died May 10, 1904, London, Eng. British-U.S. explorer of central …
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MAHDĪ, AL- — orig. Muḥammad Aḥmad ibn al-Sayyid ʽAbd Allāh born Aug. 12, 1844 died June 22, 1885, Omdurman, Sudan Sudanese religious and …
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MAHDI — (Arabic; " divinely guided one ") In Islamic eschatology, a messianic deliverer who will bring justice to the earth, restore …
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KITCHENER, H(ORATIO) H(ERBERT) — later Earl Kitchener (of Khartoum and of Broome) born June 24, 1850, near Listowel, Co. Kerry, Ire. died June 5, …
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GORDON, CHARLES GEORGE — born Jan. 28, 1833, Woolwich, near London, Eng. died Jan. 26, 1885, Khartoum, Sudan British general. Gordon distinguished himself as …
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EMIN PASHA, MEHMED — orig. Eduard Schnitzer born March 28, 1840, Oppeln, Silesia died Oct. 23, 1892, Kanema, Congo Free State German physician, explorer, …
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MAHDI — — Mahdism /mah"diz euhm/ , n. — Mahdist , n. , adj. /mah"dee/ , n. , pl. Mahdis . 1. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
EL OBEID — /el' oh bayd"/ a city in the central Sudan: Egyptian army defeated by Mahdist forces 1883. 66,000. Also, Obeid, Al-Obeid …
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MAHDI — (Arabic: divinely guided one), in Islamic eschatology, a messianic deliverer who will fill the Earth with justice and equity, restore …
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YOHANNES IV — born 1831 died March 10, 1889, Metema, Sudan English John IV, original name Kassa emperor of Ethiopia (187289). Like his …
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UGANDA, FLAG OF — national flag consisting of six horizontal stripes of black, yellow, and red, with a central white disk bearing a crested …
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UBAYYID, AL- — also spelled el-Obeid town, central Sudan. It lies on a sandy, scrub-covered plateau at an elevation of 1,869 feet (570 …
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SUDAN, HISTORY OF THE — history of the area from prehistoric and ancient times to the present. Additional reading Harold D. Nelson (ed.), Sudan, a …
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SUDAN, FLAG OF THE — horizontally striped red-white-black national flag with a green hoist triangle. The flag's width-to-length ratio is 1 to 2. In the …
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SLATIN, RUDOLF (ANTON) KARL, BARON (FREIHERR) VON — born June 7, 1857, near Vienna, Austria died Oct. 4, 1932, Vienna also called Slatin Pasha Austrian soldier in the …
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SELBORNE, ROUNDELL PALMER, 1ST EARL OF, VISCOUNT ... — born Nov. 27, 1812, Mixbury, Oxfordshire, Eng. died May 4, 1895, near Petersfield, Hampshire British lord high chancellor (187274, 188085) …
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OSMAN DIGNA — born c. 1840, Sawakin, the Sudan died 1926, Egypt a leader of the Mahdist revolt that broke out in the …
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OMDURMAN, BATTLE OF — (Sept. 2, 1898), decisive military engagement in which Anglo-Egyptian forces, under Major General Sir Herbert Kitchener (later Lord Kitchener), defeated …
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MAHDI, AL- — ( (Arabic: Right-Guided One), ) born Aug. 12, 1844 died June 22, 1885, Omdurman, Sudan original name Muhammad Ahmad Ibn …
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KORDOFAN — also spelled Kurdufan, region constituting the central area of The Sudan. It lies between Darfur on the west and the …
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KHARTOUM, SIEGE OF — (March 13, 1884Jan. 26, 1885), the Mahdi's siege of Khartoum, capital of the Sudan, which was defended by an Egyptian …
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JUNKER, WILHELM — born April 6, 1840, Moscow, Russia died Feb. 13, 1892, St. Petersburg in full Johann Wilhelm Junker Russian explorer of …
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EMIN PASA, MEHMED — born March 28, 1840, Oppeln, Silesia [now Opole, Pol.] died Oct. 23, 1892, Kanema, Congo Free State [now in Zaire] …
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'ABD ALLAH — born 1846, Sudan died Nov. 24, 1899, Kordofan in full 'abd Allah Ibn Muhammad At-ta'i'ishi, also called 'abdullahi political and …
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MAHDI — n. (pl. Mahdis) 1 a spiritual and temporal messiah expected by Muslims. 2 esp. hist. a leader claiming to be …
Английский основной разговорный словарь

Webster's New International English Dictionary

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