1844 - 1885
Muhammad Ahmad bin Abdullah bin Fahal (Arabic: محمد أحمد بن عبد الله بن فحل; 12 August 1843 – 21 June 1885) was a Sudanese religious and political leader. In 1881, he claimed to be the Mahdi, and led a war against Ottoman-Egyptian rule in Sudan which culminated in a remarkable victory over the British in the Siege of Khartoum, while also slowing and defeating the British during their unsuccessful Nile Expedition to resupply the Khartoum Garrison. He created a vast Islamic state extending from the Red Sea to Central Africa, and founded a movement that remained influential in Sudan a century later.From his announcement of the Mahdist State in June 1881 until its end in 1898, the Mahdi's supporters, the Ansār, established many of its theological and political doctrines. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Muhammad Ahmad has received more than 1,128,243 page views. His biography is available in 43 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 40 in 2019). Muhammad Ahmad is the 557th most popular religious figure (down from 525th in 2019), the 2nd most popular biography from Sudan and the most popular Sudanese Religious Figure.
Muhammad Ahmad was a Sudanese religious leader who founded the Mahdist movement. He led a religious revolution in Sudan that resulted in the overthrow of the Egyptian-Ottoman rule.
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Among religious figures, Muhammad Ahmad ranks 557 out of 2,238. Before him are Bahira, Ramla bint Abi Sufyan, Zaynab bint Khuzayma, Peter Waldo, Hor-Aha, and Penitent thief. After him are Pope Sergius II, Ammar ibn Yasir, Muadh ibn Jabal, Yusuf al-Qaradawi, Vincent Ferrer, and Hasan al-Askari.
600 - 700
HPI: 66.05
Rank: 551
594 - 666
HPI: 66.03
Rank: 552
595 - 626
HPI: 66.02
Rank: 553
1140 - 1205
HPI: 66.02
Rank: 554
3100 BC - 3100 BC
HPI: 66.01
Rank: 555
18 BC - 30
HPI: 66.01
Rank: 556
1844 - 1885
HPI: 66.00
Rank: 557
800 - 847
HPI: 66.00
Rank: 558
570 - 657
HPI: 66.00
Rank: 559
600 - 640
HPI: 65.99
Rank: 560
1926 - 2022
HPI: 65.99
Rank: 561
1350 - 1419
HPI: 65.98
Rank: 562
846 - 874
HPI: 65.95
Rank: 563
Among people born in 1844, Muhammad Ahmad ranks 21. Before him are Friedrich Ratzel, Mary Cassatt, Klas Pontus Arnoldson, Pablo de Sarasate, Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and Menelik II. After him are Friedrich Miescher, Abdur Rahman Khan, Ismail Qemali, Charles-Marie Widor, Charles-Émile Reynaud, and `Abdu'l-Bahá. Among people deceased in 1885, Muhammad Ahmad ranks 4. Before him are Victor Hugo, Ulysses S. Grant, and Alfonso XII of Spain. After him are Jens Peter Jacobsen, Ferdinand II of Portugal, Alexander Karađorđević, Prince of Serbia, Carl Spitzweg, L'Inconnue de la Seine, Charles George Gordon, Karl Anton, Prince of Hohenzollern, and Rosalía de Castro.
1844 - 1904
HPI: 70.11
Rank: 15
1844 - 1926
HPI: 69.97
Rank: 16
1844 - 1916
HPI: 69.04
Rank: 17
1844 - 1908
HPI: 68.21
Rank: 18
1844 - 1900
HPI: 66.97
Rank: 19
1844 - 1913
HPI: 66.68
Rank: 20
1844 - 1885
HPI: 66.00
Rank: 21
1844 - 1895
HPI: 64.79
Rank: 22
1844 - 1901
HPI: 63.23
Rank: 23
1844 - 1919
HPI: 62.37
Rank: 24
1844 - 1937
HPI: 62.16
Rank: 25
1844 - 1918
HPI: 61.46
Rank: 26
1844 - 1921
HPI: 61.26
Rank: 27
1802 - 1885
HPI: 86.03
Rank: 1
1822 - 1885
HPI: 84.29
Rank: 2
1857 - 1885
HPI: 69.74
Rank: 3
1844 - 1885
HPI: 66.00
Rank: 4
1847 - 1885
HPI: 63.01
Rank: 5
1816 - 1885
HPI: 62.96
Rank: 6
1806 - 1885
HPI: 62.07
Rank: 7
1808 - 1885
HPI: 61.95
Rank: 8
1865 - 1885
HPI: 61.77
Rank: 9
1833 - 1885
HPI: 60.38
Rank: 10
1811 - 1885
HPI: 60.30
Rank: 11
1837 - 1885
HPI: 59.91
Rank: 12
Among people born in Sudan, Muhammad Ahmad ranks 2 out of 29. Before him are Omar al-Bashir (1944). After him are Luqman (-1100), Josephine Bakhita (1868), Piye (-800), Gaafar Nimeiry (1930), Abdalla Hamdok (1956), John Garang (1945), Hassan Al-Turabi (1932), Abdallahi ibn Muhammad (1846), Ibrahim Abboud (1900), and Abdel Fattah al-Burhan (1960).
1944 - Present
HPI: 67.28
Rank: 1
1844 - 1885
HPI: 66.00
Rank: 2
1100 BC - Present
HPI: 64.39
Rank: 3
1868 - 1947
HPI: 62.28
Rank: 4
800 BC - 716 BC
HPI: 61.43
Rank: 5
1930 - 2009
HPI: 60.22
Rank: 6
1956 - Present
HPI: 56.66
Rank: 7
1945 - 2005
HPI: 56.10
Rank: 8
1932 - 2016
HPI: 54.96
Rank: 9
1846 - 1899
HPI: 54.47
Rank: 10
1900 - 1983
HPI: 54.04
Rank: 11
1960 - Present
HPI: 53.40
Rank: 12
Among religious figures born in Sudan, Muhammad Ahmad ranks 1. After him are Josephine Bakhita (1868) and Gabriel Zubeir Wako (1941).
1844 - 1885
HPI: 66.00
Rank: 1
1868 - 1947
HPI: 62.28
Rank: 2
1941 - Present
HPI: 49.42
Rank: 3