- {ʽ}Abd Allāh (ibn Muḥammad al-Ta{ʽ}īʾishī)
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or ʽAbdullahiborn 1846, Sudandied Nov. 24, 1899, KordofanPolitical and religious leader who succeeded Muḥammad Aḥmad (al-Mahdī) as head of the Mahdist movement in the Sudan in 1885.He launched attacks against the Ethiopians and invaded Egypt, securing his position by 1891. In 1896 Anglo-Egyptian forces began to reconquer the Sudan. ʽAbd Allāh resisted until 1898, when he was forced to flee Omdurman. He died in battle one year later.
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