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Mahdi, Mohammed Ahmed
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E . religious leader), a name given to any Mohammedan fanatic who arises in the interest of the Mohammedan faith, summons the Moslems to war, and leads them to repel the infidel; a kind of Mohammed Messiah armed with the sword for the conquest of the world to the faith.

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Mahdi'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​m/mahdi.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
 
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