the Mahdist state

GPTKB entity

Statements (45)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf historical state
gptkbp:alliance various local tribes
gptkbp:area approximately 1,000,000 square kilometers
gptkbp:capital gptkb:Omdurman
gptkbp:culturalHeritage Sufi traditions
Islamic_law
gptkbp:culturalInfluence Sudanese_nationalism
gptkbp:currency Mahdist_pound
gptkbp:diplomaticRelations with_the_Ottoman_Empire
gptkbp:dissolved 1898
gptkbp:economicActivity agriculture
trade
gptkbp:establishedIn 1885
gptkbp:foundedBy gptkb:Muhammad_Ahmad
gptkbp:governmentType theocracy
gptkbp:historicalEvent gptkb:Battle_of_Atbara
gptkb:Mahdist_uprising
gptkb:British_reconquest_of_Sudan
Battle of the Nile
fall_of_Khartoum
gptkbp:historicalPeriod 19th century
British_colonial_records
Mahdist_writings
Sudanese_oral_history
gptkbp:historicalSignificance anti-colonial resistance
establishment of a religious state
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label the Mahdist state
gptkbp:language gptkb:Arabic
gptkbp:legacy influence_on_Sudanese_politics
influence_on_Islamic_movements
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Sudan
gptkbp:militaryRank Mahdist War
gptkbp:notableBattle gptkb:Siege_of_Khartoum
Battle_of_Karari
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Omdurman_Mosque
Battle of Omdurman
Mahdi's Tomb
gptkbp:notableFigures gptkb:Abd_al-Rahman_al-Mahdi
gptkb:Ali_Dinar
gptkbp:notablePerson gptkb:Muhammad_Ahmad
gptkb:Abdallah_al-Taashi
gptkbp:population approximately 2 million at its peak
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Turco-Egyptian_Sudan
gptkbp:religion Islam
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Anglo-Egyptian_Sudan