Mahdism

English

Alternative forms

• Mahdiism

Etymology

Mahdi +‎ -ism

Proper noun

Mahdism

1. Islamic messianism regarding the coming of the Mahdi
   • 1899, Sir Ernest Nathaniel Bennett, The Downfall of the Dervishes:

     Mahdism has proved the most shameful and terrible instrument of bloodshed and oppression which the modern world has ever witnessed.

Translations

the Islamic eschatology belief of a person who will appear and restore peace and justice before the end of the world

• Urdu: مَہْدَوِیَّت f (mahdaviyyat)

Anagrams

• dammish, dhimmas