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Mahdi

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
Mahdi /ˈmɑːdi/

▶noun (pl. Mahdis)

1 (in popular Muslim belief) a spiritual and temporal leader who will rule before the end of the world and restore religion and justice.
■ a person claiming to be this leader, notably Muhammad Ahmad of Dongola in Sudan (1843–85).

2 (in Shiite belief) the twelfth imam, who is expected to return and triumph over injustice.

– derivatives
Mahdism noun,
Mahdist noun & adjective.

– origin from Arab. (al-)mahdī ‘he who is guided in the right way’.

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