RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Muhammad Ahmad

1844 - 1885

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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 Egyptian rule in Sudan which culminated in a remarkable victory over them in the Siege of Khartoum. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Muhammad Ahmad has received more than 1,168,755 page views. His biography is available in 46 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 43 in 2019). Muhammad Ahmad is the 603rd most popular religious figure (down from 552nd in 2019), the 3rd most popular biography from Sudan (down from 2nd in 2019) 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.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 65.88

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 46

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.26

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.34

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Muhammad Ahmad ranks 603 out of 3,187. Before him are Annas, Onuphrius, Macarius of Egypt, Qasim ibn Muhammad, Pope Stephen V, and Pope Theodore II. After him are John Wesley, Seraphim of Sarov, Pope Stephen IX, Anne Catherine Emmerich, Josaphat Kuntsevych, and Huineng.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1844, Muhammad Ahmad ranks 20. Before him are Alexandra of Denmark, Peter I of Serbia, Klas Pontus Arnoldson, Friedrich Ratzel, Pablo de Sarasate, and Menelik II. After him are Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Friedrich Miescher, Ismail Qemali, Charles-Marie Widor, Karl Lueger, 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 Alexander Karađorđević, Prince of Serbia, Carl Spitzweg, Ferdinand II of Portugal, Jens Peter Jacobsen, Charles George Gordon, Iwasaki Yatarō, Rosalía de Castro, and L'Inconnue de la Seine.

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In Sudan

Among people born in Sudan, Muhammad Ahmad ranks 3 out of 38. Before him are Luqman (-1100), and Mohamed Naguib (1901). After him are Omar al-Bashir (1944), Piye (-800), Josephine Bakhita (1868), John Garang (1945), Gaafar Nimeiry (1930), Abdel Fattah al-Burhan (1960), Abdallahi ibn Muhammad (1846), Abdel Rahman Swar al-Dahab (1934), and Tayeb Salih (1929).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Sudan

Among religious figures born in Sudan, Muhammad Ahmad ranks 1. After him are Josephine Bakhita (1868), and Gabriel Zubeir Wako (1941).

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