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Sadiq al-Mahdi
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<p>Sadiq al-Mahdi , also known as Sadiq as-Siddiq, was a Sudanese political and religious figure who was <a href="/facts/Prime_Minister_of_Sudan/7rcbVLHR">Prime Minister of Sudan</a> from 1966 to 1967 and again from 1986 to 1989. He was head of the <a href="/facts/National_Umma_Party/d6GvHmIp">National Umma Party</a> and <a href="/facts/Imam/BKmjWDg0">Imam</a> of the <a href="/facts/Ansar_(Sudan)/0XI8aNRo">Ansar</a>, a <a href="/facts/Tariqa/YgesnhbA">Sufi order</a> that pledges allegiance to <a href="/facts/Muhammad_Ahmad/4eEN3ppt">Muhammad Ahmad</a> (1844–1885), who claimed to be the <a href="/facts/Mahdi/LCwdHM4W">Mahdi</a>, the messianic saviour of <a href="/facts/Islam/zDLbL45C">Islam</a>. </p>