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The
Mahdi is the prophesied redeemer of Islam.
Mehdi is a variant alternative transliteration.
Mahdi may also refer to:
Islam
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
Arts and entertainment
Politics
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
For historical personalities, see
§ Islam .
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
Sports
Al-Mahdi Ali Mukhtar (born 1992), Qatari footballer
Mahdi Abdul-Sahib (born 1956), Iraqi footballer
Mahdi Abduljabbar (born 1991), Bahraini footballer
Mahdi Abu-Omar (born 1970), Palestinian American chemist
Mahdi Afri (born 1996), Moroccan visually impaired Paralympic athlete
Mahdi Fahri Albaar (born 1995), Indonesian footballer
Mahdi Ali or Mahdi Ali Hassan Redha (born 1965), Emirati footballer and sports manager
Mahdi Camara (born 1998), French footballer
Mahdi Ben Cheikh (born 1979), Tunisian volleyball player
Mahdi Fahes (born 1994), Lebanese footballer
Mahdi Houryar (born 1945), Iranian wrestler
Mahdi Jassim (born 1956), Iraqi footballer
Mahdi Javid (born 1987), Iranian futsal player
Mahdi Kadhim (born 1967), Iraqi footballer
Mahdi Kamil Shiltagh (born 1995), Iraqi footballer
Mahdi Karim Ajeel (born 1983), Iraqi footballer
Mahdi El Khammasi (born 1987), Tunisian born-Qatari footballer
Mahdi Houssein Mahabeh (born 1995), Djibouti footballer
Mahdi Marandi (born 1986), Iranian volleyball player
Mahdi Ouatine (born 1987), Moroccan amateur boxer
Mahdi Salman , Iraqi basketball player
Others
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
Arts and entertainment
Politics
Ali Mahdi Muhammad (born 1939), politician and entrepreneur, president of Somalia in 1991
Ali Yahya Mahdi Al Raimi , Yemeni who was captured and transferred to the United States Guantanamo Bay Naval Base
Muhammad Mahdi Kubba (1900–1984), Iraqi politician
Muhammad al-Mahdi as-Senussi (1844–1902), the supreme leader of the Sufi Senussi Order
Salih Mahdi Ammash (1924–1985), Iraqi historian, writer, author, poet, politician and Iraqi army officer
Sayyid Hasan ar-Rida al-Mahdi as-Sanussi (1928–1992), King of Libya
Sayyid Muhammad bin Sayyid Hasan ar-Rida al-Mahdi as-Sanussi (born 1962), Crown Prince of Libya
Religion
Sports
Others
People with the surname
Arts and entertainment
Alexander Siddig or Siddig El Tahir El Fadil El Siddig Abderahman Mohammed Ahmed Abdel Karim El Mahdi (born 1965), a Sudanese-born British actor
Politics
Abbas Mahdi (born 1898), Iraqi politician and public servant
Abd al-Rahman al-Mahdi (1885–1959), religious and political figures in Anglo-Egyptian Sudan
Abdirahman Mahdi , founder of the Ogaden National Liberation Front
Abubakar Mahdi , Nigerian politician and Senator for the Borno South constituency of Borno State, Nigeria
Adil Abdul-Mahdi (born 1942), Prime Minister of Iraq
Ahmad al-Faqi al-Mahdi (born 1975), also known as Abu Tourab, member of Ansar Dine, a Tuareg Islamist militia in North Africa
Ahmad Hamza Al-Mahdi , Libyan politician
Fawaz Naman Hamoud Abdallah Mahdi , extrajudicial prisoner of the United States
Imam al-Hadi al-Mahdi or Sayyid Hadi Abdulrahman al-Mahdi (1918–1971), Sudanese political and religious figure and leader of the Sudanese Ansar religious order
Khaled A. Mahdi (born 1970), Kuwaiti government official
Mariam al-Mahdi (born 1965), Sudanese politician
Mubarak al Fadil al Mahdi (born 1950), Sudanese economist and politician
Muhammad Mahdi Salih Al-Rawi (born 1947 or 1949), Iraqi politician and government minister
Sadiq al-Mahdi (born 1935), Sudanese political and religious figure
Siddick Sayed el-Mahdi (1911–1961), Sudanese religious and political leader
Sammy Mahdi (born 1988), Belgian politician
Religion
Sports
Others
Places
Mosques
Others
Others
See also
Topics referred to by the same term