Mahdism
English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Mahdism
- Islamic messianism regarding the coming of the Mahdi
- 1899, Sir Ernest Nathaniel Bennett, The Downfall of the Dervishes:
- Mahdism has proved the most shameful and terrible instrument of bloodshed and oppression which the modern world has ever witnessed.
Translations
[edit]the Islamic eschatology belief of a person who will appear and restore peace and justice before the end of the world
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