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To: cake_crumb

A historical figure named Mohammed Achmed, who lived in the Sudan during the 1880s described himself as the Mahdi. He started a holy war against the Egyptians. He died unexpectedly with no known cause a few months after defeating a great British General at the siege of Khartoum. You could say that he was a false prophet since his holy war eventually went nowhere.


18 posted on 02/01/2006 2:07:00 PM PST by wmileo
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To: wmileo

well done...beat me to it by 1:06, and with a better historical discussion


21 posted on 02/01/2006 2:09:19 PM PST by VOA
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