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The Mahdi is the prophesied redeemer of Islam. Mehdi is a variant alternative transliteration.

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• Islam
• People with the given name
• Arts and entertainment
• Politics
• Religion
• Sports
• Others
• People with the middle name
• Arts and entertainment 2
• Politics 2
• Religion 2
• Sports 2
• Others 2
• People with the surname
• Arts and entertainment 3
• Politics 3
• Religion 3
• Sports 3
• Others 3
• Places
• Others 4
• See also

Mahdi may also refer to:

Islam

• Al-Mahdi (744–785), third Abbasid Caliph, who ruled 775–785
• Muhammad al-Mahdi (869–?), twelfth and final Imam of Twelver Shi`a Islam
• Muhammad II al-Mahdi (976–1010), fourth Caliph of Córdoba in Al-Andalus (11th-century Moorish Iberia)
• Abdallah al-Mahdi Billah (873–934), Isma'ili imam and founder of the Fatimid dynasty, who ruled 909–934
• Mohammed Ahmed Mahdi or Muhammad Ahmad bin Abd Allah (1844–1885), Nubian religious leader of the Samaniyya order in Sudan
• Al-Mahdi al-Husayn (987–1013), imam of the Zaidi state in Yemen who ruled in the years 1003–1013

ibn al Mahdi

• Ubaydallah ibn al-Mahdi (771–810/11), Abbasid prince
• Ibrahim ibn al-Mahdi (779–839), Abbasid prince, singer, composer and poet
• Lubana bint Ali ibn al-Mahdi (c. 787/789 – after 820), Arab princess and poet

bint al Mahdi

• Abbasa bint al-Mahdi ibn al-Mansur ibn Muhammad (c. 765 – after 803), Abbasid princess
• Ulayya bint al-Mahdi (777–825), Abbasid princess

People with the given name

People with the middle name

People with the surname

Places

Mosques

• Al-Mahdi Mosque, the Mosque of the Dome of the Mahdi or Al-Mahdi Mosque, one of the historical mosques in the historic old city of Sana'a, Yemen
• Al Mahdi Mosque, Bradford in Bradford, United Kingdom
• Imam Mahdi Mosque, a mosque located in Kuwait City

Others

• Aba Saleh al-Mahdi tunnel, a highway tunnel in Asia running under the Zagros Mountains in the Eqlid, Fars Province of Iran
• El Imam El Mahdi University, Sudanese university
• Sidi Mahdi Airport, Algeria
• Tizi Mahdi, town and commune in Médéa Province, Algeria

Others

• 33rd Al-Mahdi Division, brigade of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps named after the twelfth Shia Imam, Al-Mahdi
• Abu Mahdi (missile), an Iranian naval cruise missile
• The Mahdi (novel), a 1981 political fiction novel
• Mahdi Army, now known as the Peace Companies, militia controlled by Muqtada al-Sadr in Iraq
• Mahdi (Dune), a fictional prophet in Frank Herbert's Dune universe
• Mahdi (malware), malware discovered in February 2012

See also

• List of Mahdi claimants, religious leaders claiming the position
• Mahdavi (disambiguation)
• Mahdaviat (disambiguation)
• Mahdist (disambiguation)
• Mahdia (disambiguation)
• Mahdist War, a colonial war of the late 19th century
• Mardi (disambiguation)
• Muhammad Ahmad (1844–1885), leader of Sudan's mahdiyya regime in the 19th century

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