Ansar (Sudan)
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The Ansar are a Sufi religious movement in the Sudan whose followers are disciples of Muhammad Ahmad, a Sudanese religious leader based on Aba Island who proclaimed himself Mahdi on 29 June 1881. His
Muhammad Ahmad, who inspired the Ansar movement
A Mahdist Dervish from Sudan (1899)
Abdallahi ibn Muhammad
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Abdullah ibn-Mohammed al-Khalifa or Abdullah al-Taashi or Abdallah al-Khalifa, also known as "The Khalifa" was a Sudanese Ansar ruler who was one of the principal followers of Muhammad Ahmad. Ahmad cl
Artistic representation of Abdallahi ibn Muhammad
A depiction of the Khalifa inciting his troops to attack Kassala, from Rudolf Carl von Slatin's Fire and Sword in the Sudan (1896)
The body of the Khalifa (third from the right) on the battlefield of Umm Diwaykarat