Mahdist State

Mahdist State

Islamic Rebel State (1885-1899)

Location: Sudan

Capital City: Omdurman

Government type: Islamic Theocracy

Main languages: Arabic

Main religions: Sunni Islam

Chronology

1881: Muhammad Ahmad declares himself Mahdi and launches a revolt against Egypt in Sudan

1885: Mahdists capture Khartoum and establish their state. Muhammad Ahmad dies a few months later but Abdallahi ibn Muhammad succeeds him as leader of the Mahdist movement.

1899: Anglo-Egyptian forces defeat Mahdists at Umm Diwaykarat, ending the Mahdist regime, but some rebel holdouts persisted to 1909

Currency

Qirsh (1885-1898)

1 Qirsh = 40 Para

Coins from the Mahdist State in the collection

•20 Qirsh, 1895 (Khalifa Abdallahi (1885-1899), billon, Omdurman mint, KM#26.1)