Mahdi (disambiguation)
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Mahdi may refer to:
In Islam:
- Mahdi, the prophesied redeemer of Islam
- People claiming to be the Mahdi, religious leaders claiming the position
- Muhammad al-Mahdi (born 868), the twelfth and final Shi`a Imam
- Al-Mahdi (ruled 775–785), the third Abbasid Caliph
- Mahdi Puya, Twelver Shi`a Muslim
- Mahdi al-Modarresi, leading Muslim lecturer
- Ubayd Allah al-Mahdi Billah, the founder of the Fatimid dynasty
- Muhammad Ahmad, leader of Sudan's mahdiyya regime in the 19th century.
In politics:
- Adil Abdul-Mahdi, Iraqi Shiite politician
- Ali Mahdi Muhammad, president of Somalia from January to November of 1991
- Mahdi Al Tajir, the Ambassador of the United Arab Emirates to the United Kingdom
- Mahdi al-Hafez, Minister of Planning in the cabinet appointed by the Interim Iraq Governing Council in September 2003
- Mohammed Mahdi Akef, the head of the Muslim Brotherhood
- Sadiq al-Mahdi, Sudanese political and religious figure
- The Mahdi, a political fiction novel
In law:
- Ali Yahya Mahdi Al Raimi, Yemeni who was captured and transferred to the United States Guantanamo Bay Naval Base
- Fawaz Naman Hamoud Abdallah Mahdi, extrajudicial prisoner of the United States
- Huda Salih Mahdi Ammash, American-educated Iraqi scientist
- Mahdi Abdul Hadi, lawyer
In Libyan royalty:
- Sayyid Hasan ar-Rida al-Mahdi as-Sanussi, King of Libya
- Sayyid Muhammad bin Sayyid Hasan ar-Rida al-Mahdi as-Sanussi, Crown Prince of Libya
In other fields:
- Amir Mahdi, Hunza member of the Italian K2 Expedition
- Mahdi (Dune), prophet who will ensure a green, lush Dune in Frank Herbert's fictional Dune universe
- Mahdi Army, a militia controlled by Muqtada al-Sadr in Iraq
- Mahdi ElMandjra, Moroccan futurist, economist and sociologist
- Mahdi Karim, Iraqi footballer who is a winger for Apollon Limassol and the Iraq national football team
- Siddig El Tahir El Fadil El Siddig Abderahman Mohammed Ahmed Abdel Karim El Mahdi (b. 1965), British actor