Mahdi
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The Mahdi is a messianic figure in Islamic belief. He is comparable to the Christian concept of the Second Coming of Jesus Christ, the Jewish concept of Mashiach ben David and the Zoroastrian concept
An image from a Falname made in India around 1610–1630, depicts Jesus fighting the Dajjal (right). Behind, the Mahdi with a veiled face.
The Al-Askari Shrine in Samarra, Iraq, stands where the house of the 11th Twelver imam Hasan al-Askari and the Mahdi once used to be.
Jamkaran Mosque in Qom, Iran, where Hassan ibn Muthlih Jamkarani is reported to have met the Twelver Mahdi
The Egyptian capital city of Cairo in 2014, where Abu'l-Qasim al-Tayyib, son of Fatimid Caliph Al-Amir bi-Ahkam Allah, was born. Pictured are the Sultan Hasan and Al-Rifa'i Mosques.
Al-Masih ad-Dajjal
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Al-Masih ad-Dajjal, otherwise referred to simply as the Dajjal, is an antagonistic figure in Islamic eschatology who will pretend to be the promised Messiah and later claim to be God, appearing before
Minaret of Isa on the Umayyad Mosque, in Damascus, Syria, which is thought to be one of the possible places to which ʿĪsā will descend.
Jamkaran Mosque in Qom, Iran, is a popular pilgrimage site for Shīʿa Muslims. Local belief holds that the twelfth Shīʿīte Imam, the promised Mahdi according to Twelvers, once appeared and offered prayers at Jamkaran.