# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/abd-el-rahman-el-mahdi
# Generated: 2026-08-15T18:04:48.329Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/abd-el-rahman-el-mahdi"
name: "Abd-el-Rahman el-Mahdi"
slug: "abd-el-rahman-el-mahdi"
description: "Sir Sayyid Abdul Rahman al-Mahdi, KBE was a Sudanese politician and prominent religious leader. He was one of the leading religious and political figures during the colonial era in Anglo-Egyptian Sudan (1898–1955), and continued to exert great authority as leader of the Neo-Mahdists after Sudan became independent. The British tried to exploit his influence over the Sudanese people while at the same time profoundly distrusting his motives. Throughout most of the colonial era of Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, the British saw al-Mahdi as important as a moderate leader of the Mahdists."
tagline: "Imam of the Ansar and Sudanese politician (1885–1959)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Abd_al-Rahman_al-Mahdi_Seated.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1885-07-15"
deathDate: "1959"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.49
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.434992000000001
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "عبد الرحمن مہدی"
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    title: "Abd-el-Rahman el-Mahdi"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump