Mahdi (disambiguation)

Look up Mahdi, masum, or مهدي in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

Mahdi is the prophesied redeemer of Islam.

Mahdi is also the name of:

Islam

Muhammad al-Mahdi (born 869), twelfth and final Imam of Twelver Shi`a Islam
List of Mahdi claimants, religious leaders claiming the position
Al-Mahdi (744–785; ruled 775–785), third Abbasid Caliph
Mahdi Puya (1899–1973), a Twelver Shi`a Muslim and an Islamic scholar, noted for his tafsir of the Qur'an
Mahdi al-Modarresi (born 1977), Muslim scholar and lecturer
Ubayd Allah al-Mahdi Billah, the founder of the Fatimid dynasty
Muhammad Ahmad (1844–1885), leader of Sudan's mahdiyya regime in the 19th century
Al Mahdi Mosque in Bradford, United Kingdom

Adil Abdul-Mahdi (born 1942), Iraqi Shiite politician
Mahdi Dakhlallah (born 1947), Syrian politician and diplomat
Ali Mahdi Muhammad (born 1939), president of Somalia from January to November 1991
Mahdi Al Tajir, Ambassador of the United Arab Emirates to the United Kingdom
Mahdi al-Hafez, Minister of Planning in the cabinet appointed by the Interim Iraq Governing Council in September 2003
Mahdi Army, a militia controlled by Muqtada al-Sadr in Iraq
Mohammed Mahdi Akef (born 1928), head of the Muslim Brotherhood
Sadiq al-Mahdi (born 1935), Sudanese political and religious figure
The Mahdi, a 1981 political fiction novel

Ali Yahya Mahdi Al Raimi, Yemeni who was captured and transferred to the United States Guantanamo Bay Naval Base
Fawaz Naman Hamoud Abdallah Mahdi, extrajudicial prisoner of the United States
Huda Salih Mahdi Ammash (born 1953), American-educated Iraqi scientist
Mahdi Abdul Hadi (born 1944), lawyer

Mahdi (Dune), prophet who will ensure a green, lush Dune in Frank Herbert's fictional Dune universe
Mahdi (malware), malware discovered in February 2012
Mahdi Elmandjra (1933–2014), Moroccan futurist, economist and sociologist
Mahdi Karim (born 1977), Iraqi footballer who is a winger for Apollon Limassol and the Iraq national football team
Alexander Siddig (born 1965), full name Siddig El Tahir El Fadil El Siddig Abderahman Mohammed Ahmed Abdel Karim El Mahdi, (b. 1965), British actor