Mahdi (disambiguation)

Mahdi (disambiguation)
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
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
Arts and entertainment
Mahdi Falahati (born 1958), Iranian writer, political expert, television presenter and poet
Mahdi Fleifel (born 1979), Danish-Palestinian film director
Mahdi Pakdel (born 1980), Iranian actor
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
Amir Mahdi Jule (born 1980), Iranian screenwriter and actor
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
Mohammed Mahdi Akef (1928–2017), head of the Muslim Brotherhood
Mirza Mahdi Elahi Qomshehei (1901–1973), Iranian mystic, poet, translator of the Quran, and one of the grand Masters of the philosophical school of Tehran
Mirza Mahdi al-Shirazi (1887–1961), also known as Grand Ayatollah Mirza Mahdi al-Husayni al-Shirazi, Iraqi-Iranian Shia marja
Mulla Muhammad Mahdi Naraqi (1715–1795), Shia philosopher and theologian
Sports
Mohammad Mahdi Jafari (born 1964), Iranian karateka
Mohannad Mahdi Al-Nadawi (born 1975), Iraqi footballer
Others
Amèle El Mahdi (born 1956), Algerian professor of mathematics and writer
Huda Salih Mahdi Ammash (1953–2016), American-educated Iraqi scientist
Mirza Mahdi Ashtiani (1888–1952), Iranian philosopher
Mohammad Mahdi Nayebi (born 1967), Iranian electrical engineer
Syed Mahdi Hasnain, Indian commanding officer
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
Abdul Razzaq al-Mahdi (born 1961), Syrian Islamist cleric
Sports
Ala Addin Mahdi (born 1996), Yemeni footballer
Dhurgham Mahdi (born 1951), Iraqi footballer
Hussain Mahdi (born 2000), Emirati footballer
Khaled Mahdi (footballer) (born 1987), Palestinian footballer
Saleh Mehdi (born 1981), Kuwaiti footballer
Others
As Sayyid Al Imaam Issa Al Haadi Al Mahdi also known as Malachi Z. York, Issa Al Haadi Al Mahdi, better known as Dwight York, American musician and writer
Muhsin Mahdi (1926–2007), Iraqi-American Islamologist and Arabist
Saudatu Mahdi (born 1957), Nigerian women's rights advocate
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, 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)
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