Muhammad Ahmad
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Muḥammad Aḥmad ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Faḥal was a Sudanese religious and political leader. In 1881, he claimed to be the Mahdi and led a war against Egyptian rule in Sudan, which culminated in a remarkabl
Illustration of Muhammad, 1884
Muhammad Ahmad, The Mahdi of Sudan, Charles Chaillé-Long, 1884
A depiction of the British square at the Battle of Abu Klea, during the Mahdist War, 1885
The rebuilt tomb of Muhammad Ahmad in Omdurman
Alexander Siddig
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Siddig el-Fadil, known professionally as Alexander Siddig, is a Sudanese-born British actor and director. Siddig is best known for his roles as Dr. Julian Bashir in the television series Star Trek: De
Muhammad Ahmad
…of Sudan on two occasions: first briefly in 1966–1967, and then between 1986 and 1989. Further, the Mahdi is an ancestor of Sudanese-English actor Alexander Siddig, whose birth name was Siddig El Tahir El Fadil El Siddig Abdurrahman Mohammed Ahmed Abdel Karim El Mahdi. The Complete Writings of the Mahdi of the…
Siddig at the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival
At TrekExpo in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in 2005