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Mahdi:
(Arabic mahdiy, “he who is guided aright”), the expected Muslim messiah, whose coming was prophesied in the 10th century.
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  • Mahdi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    In Islamic eschatology the Mahdi (مهدي transliteration: Mahdī, also Mehdi; "Guided One") is the prophesied redeemer of Islam who will stay on earth seven, nine, or nineteen ...

  • Muhammad al-Mahdi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    According to Twelver Shi'as Imam Hujjat al-Mahdī (المهدى) (or Hujjat ibn Hasan ibn Ali) is the twelfth Imam and the Mahdi, the ultimate savior of humankind.

  • Mahdi

    Figure ... Saviour figure in Islam, for which there are several different interpretations in Sunni Islam, and one dominant interpretation in Shi'i Islam.

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