The Mahdi Army is a private militia in Iraq.
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Mahdi
Synonyms for "mahdi" (17 found)
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Noun(2 words)
expected saviorgiven name
Related words (8)
Noun(2 words)
guided oneproper noun
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More general
5 entrieseschatological figuremessianic figurepersonal nameproper nounreligious figure
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5 entriesArabic given nameImam MahdiMuslim namehidden Imamocculted Mahdi
Collocations
6 entriesMahdist movementMahdist uprisingawaited Mahdihidden Imamocculted Mahdithe Mahdi
Inflections
1 entriesDerivations
2 entriesSample sentences
4 total sentences available.
Ahmadis consider Mirza Ghulam Ahmed to be the Mahdi.
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"Of course, my Lord. You asked what they were shouting, though. It was Mahdi! They directed the term at the young master. When they-" "At Paul?" "Yes, my Lord. They've a legend here, a prophecy, that a leader will come to them, a child of a Bene Gesserit, to lead them to true freedom. It follows the familiar messiah pattern."
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Al-Afghani was a polyglot Persian who became an international agitator, aspiring [...] to unify the Muslim masses behind the Caliph (or even the Mahdi) and to become himself the Luther of an Islamic reformation.
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