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    Imam et Mahdi : Ibn Abî Mahallî by Mercedes García-Arenal

    Published 2000-07-01
    “…Ibn Abî Mahallî (d. 1643) was the last mahdi to have taken political power in Morocco. This article makes use of three types of sources :the works of Ibn Abî Mahallî himself, contemporary and later Arabic sources - which invariably support the ruling dynasty - and finally, documents from European archives written by contemporary merchants or agents. …”
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    The Mahdi's Legal Methodology as a Mechanism for Adapting the Sharî'a in the Sudan to Political and Social Purposes by Aharon Layish

    Published 2000-07-01
    “…'Abd Allâh (best known as Muhammad al-Mahdî) headed a religious-political movement for the revival and reform of Islam (Mah-diyya) in the late 19th century. …”
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    Le mahdi oublié de l'Inde britannique : Sayyid Ahmad Barelwî (1786-1831), ses disciples, ses adversaires by Marc Gaborieau

    Published 2000-07-01
    “…In a third step, the posthumous career of Sayyid Ahmad as a mahdi is reconstitued through colonial sources. Finally, a study of Persian documents written before the death of Sayyid Ahmad corrects the colonial view, but also proves that, in his lifetime, Sayyid Ahmad was already considered by his disciples as a mahdi « of the middle of the ages », akin in many ways to the mujaddidas conceived by the Naqshbandis.…”
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