Author: Qaray, Umar
Title: al-Sadiq al-Mahdi wa-al-inkifa'iyah wa-daawa al-tajdid
Description: al-Khartum [Sudan], Dar Azzah, 2007. orig. wrappers. 24x15cm, 167 pp.. Minor rubbing. VG. ¶ Text entirely in Arabic. Biography of Sudanese political leader Sadiq al- Mahdi ["....head of the National Umma Party and Imam of the Ansar, a sufi sect that pledges allegiance to Muhammad Ahmad who claimed to be Islam's messianic saviour, or the Mahdi....In 1986, Sadiq formed a coalition government comprising the Umma Party (which he led); the National Islamic Front (led by his brother-in-law, Hassan al-Turabi); the Democratic Unionist Party (led by al-Sayyid Muhammad Othman al-Mirghani); and four small Southern parties. On June 30, 1989, his government was overthrown in a coup led by Omar al-Bashir. The post of Prime Minister of Sudan was then abolished..." - wikipedia].

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