Mahdi (disambiguation) explained
The Mahdi is the prophesied redeemer of Islam. Mehdi is a variant alternative transliteration.
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
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People with the given name
Arts and entertainment
Politics
- Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis (1954–2020), Iraqi leader, and commander of the Popular Mobilisation Committee
- Mahdi al-Arabi, Libyan brigadier-general who served in the Libyan Armed Forces
- Mahdi Amel, pen name and pseudonym of Hassan Abdullah Hamdan (1936–1987), Lebanese Marxist intellectual and militant
- Mehdi Bazargan (1907–1995), Iranian scholar, academic, activist and head of Iran's interim government
- Mahdi Dakhlallah (born 1947), Syrian politician and diplomat
- Mahdi Eraqi, or Mehdi Araghi (1930–1979), a founder of Fadayan-e Islam
- Mahdi Al-Gharrawi, Iraqi police officer, the former Commander of the Iraqi Federal Police in Nineveh Province, and Lieutenant General
- Mahdi Mohammed Gulaid, Somali politician, Vice President and then Acting Prime Minister of the Federal Republic of Somalia
- Mahdi Aliyu Gusau (born 1981), Nigerian politician, deputy governor of Zamfara State
- Mahdi al-Hafez (born 1943), Minister of Planning in the Interim Iraq Governing Council cabinet
- Mahdi al-Harati (born c. 1973), Irish-Libyan politician and former co-commander of the Tripoli Brigade during the Libyan Civil War
- Mahdi Quli Khan Hidayat (1863–1955), Iranian politician, Prime Minister of Iran
- Abdul Mahdi al-Karbalai (born 1955), Iraqi Shia Muslim scholar
- Mahdi al-Mashat (born 1986), Yemeni political figure from the Houthi movement
- Mahdi Al Tajir (born 1931), Ambassador of the United Arab Emirates to the United Kingdom
- Mahdi Tajik (born 1981), Iranian student activist, journalist and political prisoner
Religion
- Al-Mahdi Ahmad (1633–1681), Imam of Yemen who ruled 1676–1681
- Al-Mahdi Muhammad bin Ahmed (1637–1718), also known as Ṣāḥib al-Mawāhib, Imam of Yemen who ruled 1689–1718
- Al-Mahdi Abbas (1719–1775), Imam of Yemen who ruled 1748–1775
- Mahdi Puya or Ayatullah Agha Hajji Mirza Mahdi Puya Yazdi (1899–1973), Twelver Shi`a Muslim and Islamic scholar
- Mahdi al-Modarresi (born 1977), Muslim scholar and lecturer
Sports
- Al-Mahdi Ali Mukhtar (born 1992), Qatari footballer
- Mahdi Abdul-Sahib (born 1956), Iraqi footballer
- Mahdi Abduljabbar (born 1991), Bahraini footballer
- Mahdi Abu-Omar (born 1970), Palestinian American chemist
- Mahdi Afri (born 1996), Moroccan visually impaired Paralympic athlete
- Mahdi Fahri Albaar (born 1995), Indonesian footballer
- Mahdi Ali or Mahdi Ali Hassan Redha (born 1965), Emirati footballer and sports manager
- Mahdi Camara (born 1998), French footballer
- Mahdi Ben Cheikh (born 1979), Tunisian volleyball player
- Mahdi Fahes (born 1994), Lebanese footballer
- Mahdi Houryar (born 1945), Iranian wrestler
- Mahdi Jassim (born 1956), Iraqi footballer
- Mahdi Javid (born 1987), Iranian futsal player
- Mahdi Kadhim (born 1967), Iraqi footballer
- Mahdi Kamil Shiltagh (born 1995), Iraqi footballer
- Mahdi Karim Ajeel (born 1983), Iraqi footballer
- Mahdi El Khammasi (born 1987), Tunisian born-Qatari footballer
- Mahdi Houssein Mahabeh (born 1995), Djibouti footballer
- Mahdi Marandi (born 1986), Iranian volleyball player
- Mahdi Ouatine (born 1987), Moroccan amateur boxer
- Mahdi Salman, Iraqi basketball player
Others
- Mahdi Abbaszadeh, Iranian philosopher and associate professor of epistemology
- Mahdi Abdul Hadi (born 1944), a political scientist, historian, columnist, author, founder and member of various Palestinian, Arab and international institutions
- Mahdi Agnelli born Edoardo Agnelli (1954–2000), eldest child and only son of Gianni Agnelli, the industrialist patriarch of Fiat
- Mahdi Ahouie (born 1977), Iranian political scientist
- Mahdi Bray, born Wright Bray (born 1950), Muslim American civil and human rights activist
- Mahdi Elmandjra (1933–2014), Moroccan futurist, economist and sociologist
- Mahdi Ghalibafian (1935-2007), Iranian civil engineer and university professor
- Mahdi Gilbert (born 1989), Canadian professional sleight of hand card magician
- Mahdi S. Hantush (1921–1984), American hydrologist
- Mahdi Moudini (born Mahdi Moammer; 1979), Iranian illusionist
- Mahdi Khajeh Piri (born 1955), founder of Noor International Microfilm Center
People with the middle name
Arts and entertainment
Politics
- Ali Mahdi Muhammad (born 1939), politician and entrepreneur, president of Somalia in 1991
- Ali Yahya Mahdi Al Raimi, Yemeni who was captured and transferred to the United States Guantanamo Bay Naval Base
- Muhammad Mahdi Kubba (1900–1984), Iraqi politician
- Muhammad al-Mahdi as-Senussi (1844–1902), the supreme leader of the Sufi Senussi Order
- Salih Mahdi Ammash (1924–1985), Iraqi historian, writer, author, poet, politician and Iraqi army officer
- Sayyid Hasan ar-Rida al-Mahdi as-Sanussi (1928–1992), King of Libya
- Sayyid Muhammad bin Sayyid Hasan ar-Rida al-Mahdi as-Sanussi (born 1962), Crown Prince of Libya
Religion
Sports
Others
People with the surname
Arts and entertainment
- Alexander Siddig or Siddig El Tahir El Fadil El Siddig Abderahman Mohammed Ahmed Abdel Karim El Mahdi (born 1965), a Sudanese-born British actor
Politics
- Abbas Mahdi (born 1898), Iraqi politician and public servant
- Abd al-Rahman al-Mahdi (1885–1959), religious and political figures in Anglo-Egyptian Sudan
- Abdirahman Mahdi, founder of the Ogaden National Liberation Front
- Abubakar Mahdi, Nigerian politician and Senator for the Borno South constituency of Borno State, Nigeria
- Adil Abdul-Mahdi (born 1942), Prime Minister of Iraq
- Ahmad al-Faqi al-Mahdi (born 1975), also known as Abu Tourab, member of Ansar Dine, a Tuareg Islamist militia in North Africa
- Ahmad Hamza Al-Mahdi, Libyan politician
- Fawaz Naman Hamoud Abdallah Mahdi, extrajudicial prisoner of the United States
- Imam al-Hadi al-Mahdi or Sayyid Hadi Abdulrahman al-Mahdi (1918–1971), Sudanese political and religious figure and leader of the Sudanese Ansar religious order
- Khaled A. Mahdi (born 1970), Kuwaiti government official
- Mariam al-Mahdi (born 1965), Sudanese politician
- Mubarak al Fadil al Mahdi (born 1950), Sudanese economist and politician
- Muhammad Mahdi Salih Al-Rawi (born 1947 or 1949), Iraqi politician and government minister
- Sadiq al-Mahdi (born 1935), Sudanese political and religious figure
- Siddick Sayed el-Mahdi (1911–1961), Sudanese religious and political leader
- Sammy Mahdi (born 1988), Belgian politician
Religion
Sports
Others
Places
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- Others
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See also
