Mahdi (disambiguation)

The Mahdi is the prophesied redeemer of Islam. Mehdi is a variant alternative transliteration.

Mahdi may also refer to:

Islam

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  • Al-Mahdi (744–785), third Abbasid Caliph, who ruled 775–785
  • Muhammad al-Mahdi (869–?), twelfth and final Imam of Twelver Shi`a Islam
  • Muhammad II al-Mahdi (976–1010), fourth Caliph of Córdoba in Al-Andalus (11th-century Moorish Iberia)
  • Abdallah al-Mahdi Billah (873–934), Isma'ili imam and founder of the Fatimid dynasty, who ruled 909–934
  • Mohammed Ahmed Mahdi or Muhammad Ahmad bin Abd Allah (1844–1885), Nubian religious leader of the Samaniyya order in Sudan
  • Al-Mahdi al-Husayn (987–1013), imam of the Zaidi state in Yemen who ruled in the years 1003–1013

ibn al Mahdi

bint al Mahdi

People with the given name

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Politics

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  • Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis (1954–2020), Iraqi leader, and commander of the Popular Mobilisation Committee
  • Mahdi al-Arabi, Libyan brigadier-general who served in the Libyan Armed Forces
  • Mahdi Amel, pen name and pseudonym of Hassan Abdullah Hamdan (1936–1987), Lebanese Marxist intellectual and militant
  • Mehdi Bazargan (1907–1995), Iranian scholar, academic, activist and head of Iran's interim government
  • Mahdi Dakhlallah (born 1947), Syrian politician and diplomat
  • Mahdi Eraqi, or Mehdi Araghi (1930–1979), a founder of Fadayan-e Islam
  • Mahdi Al-Gharrawi, Iraqi police officer, the former Commander of the Iraqi Federal Police in Nineveh Province, and Lieutenant General
  • Mahdi Mohammed Gulaid, Somali politician, Vice President and then Acting Prime Minister of the Federal Republic of Somalia
  • Mahdi Aliyu Gusau (born 1981), Nigerian politician, deputy governor of Zamfara State
  • Mahdi al-Hafez (born 1943), Minister of Planning in the Interim Iraq Governing Council cabinet
  • Mahdi al-Harati (born c. 1973), Irish-Libyan politician and former co-commander of the Tripoli Brigade during the Libyan Civil War
  • Mahdi Quli Khan Hidayat (1863–1955), Iranian politician, Prime Minister of Iran
  • Abdul Mahdi al-Karbalai (born 1955), Iraqi Shia Muslim scholar
  • Mahdi al-Mashat (born 1986), Yemeni political figure from the Houthi movement
  • Mahdi Al Tajir (born 1931), Ambassador of the United Arab Emirates to the United Kingdom
  • Mahdi Tajik (born 1981), Iranian student activist, journalist and political prisoner

Religion

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  • Al-Mahdi Ahmad (1633–1681), Imam of Yemen who ruled 1676–1681
  • Al-Mahdi Muhammad bin Ahmed (1637–1718), also known as Ṣāḥib al-Mawāhib, Imam of Yemen who ruled 1689–1718
  • Al-Mahdi Abbas (1719–1775), Imam of Yemen who ruled 1748–1775
  • Mahdi Puya or Ayatullah Agha Hajji Mirza Mahdi Puya Yazdi (1899–1973), Twelver Shi`a Muslim and Islamic scholar
  • Mahdi al-Modarresi (born 1977), Muslim scholar and lecturer

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Others

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  • Mahdi Abbaszadeh, Iranian philosopher and associate professor of epistemology
  • Mahdi Abdul Hadi (born 1944), a political scientist, historian, columnist, author, founder and member of various Palestinian, Arab and international institutions
  • Mahdi Agnelli born Edoardo Agnelli (1954–2000), eldest child and only son of Gianni Agnelli, the industrialist patriarch of Fiat
  • Mahdi Ahouie (born 1977), Iranian political scientist
  • Mahdi Bray, born Wright Bray (born 1950), Muslim American civil and human rights activist
  • Mahdi Elmandjra (1933–2014), Moroccan futurist, economist and sociologist
  • Mahdi Ghalibafian (1935-2007), Iranian civil engineer and university professor
  • Mahdi Gilbert (born 1989), Canadian professional sleight of hand card magician
  • Mahdi S. Hantush (1921–1984), American hydrologist
  • Mahdi Moudini (born Mahdi Moammer; 1979), Iranian illusionist
  • Mahdi Khajeh Piri (born 1955), founder of Noor International Microfilm Center

People with the middle name

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Arts and entertainment

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Politics

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Others

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People with the surname

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  • Alexander Siddig or Siddig El Tahir El Fadil El Siddig Abderahman Mohammed Ahmed Abdel Karim El Mahdi (born 1965), a Sudanese-born British actor

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Others

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Places

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See also

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