Ansar (Sudan)
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ansar-sudan-265-14421904
title:
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 followers won a series of victories against the Egyptians, culminating in the capture of Khartoum in January 1885. When Muhammed Ahmad died a few months later, his successor, Abdallahi ibn Muhammad, maintained the independence of the Mahdist State until 1898, when an Anglo-Egyptian force re-conquere
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Sudanese group, initially followers of the Mahdi Mohamad Ahmed
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ansar_(Sudan)
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2024-04-08T00:41:44Z
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