al-Mahdī: References & Edit History
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F.R. Wingate, Mahdiism and the Egyptian Sudan (1891, reprinted 1968); A.B. Theobald, The Mahdīya (1951); P.M. Holt, The Mahdist State in the Sudan, 2nd ed. (1970); B. Farwell, Prisoners of the Mahdi (1967). Al-Mahdī’s collected works in Arabic have been reprinted in a series of volumes under the auspices of the Sudan Government Central Archives, Khartoum.
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| Anniversary information added. | Aug 08, 2025 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Jun 18, 2025 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | Mar 25, 2024 | ||
| Changed title of the "Assessment" section to "Legacy." | Nov 15, 2017 | ||
| In first paragraph, changed "The Sudan" to "Sudan." | May 23, 2012 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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