Sayyid ʿabd Al-Raḥmān Al-Mahdī: A Study of Neo-Mahdīsm in the Sudan, 1899-1956

Erscheinungsjahr 2004
ISBN: 978-90-04-13854-4
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 4, 270 Seiten, Format (B × H): 167 mm x 246 mm, Gewicht: 658 g

Reihe: Islam in Africa

This is a pioneering scholarly study of the colourful career of Sayyid 'Abd al-Rahman al-Mahdi and his brainchild Neo-Mahdism. It explains his calculative strife to deal with the British onslaught on his father’s Mahdiyya, and to gradually attain the essence of its political and religious mission. The discourse contests the long held presumption of 'Abd al-Rahman’s subservience to Britain, and portray’s him as the architect of national independence, and the Sudan’s most towering celebrity in the 20th century. It highlights al-Sayyid’s mastery of manipulation that perplexed, occasionally paralysed, British and Egyptian policy makers, and explores his attempts to establish an inclusive religious and political system. The book is important to scholars of Africa, the Middle East and Islamic revivalism. It may trigger revisits to similar leaders whose images could have likewise been unfairly tarnished.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ibrahim, Hassan

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Geschichte des Islam Geschichte des Islam: 20./21. Jahrhundert
• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islam: Glaubensrichtungen
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Afrikanische Geschichte

Über Autor(innen)

Hassan Ahmed Ibrahim, Ph.D. (1970) in History, University of London, is Professor of History, International Islamic University Malaysia. His research interests include history of the Middle East, Sub-Saharan Africa and Islamic revivalism. He has published several books and many referred articles and chapters in English and Arabic.