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Abdallahi ibn Muhammad: what Wikipedia removed

The Sudanese Ansar ruler known as the Khalifa, who succeeded the self-proclaimed Mahdi and led an armed state against the British and Egyptians. The 2015 opening said “His attempt to create an Islamist military caliphate led to widespread discontent, and his eventual defeat and death at the hands of the British.” The word is gone from the whole article today; the opening now says only that “He attempted to create a kingdom, which led to widespread discontent.” A reader today learns he built a kingdom, and not that Wikipedia once described his state as an Islamist military caliphate.

The word “siege” appeared 1 times in this article’s opening at its peak, in 2005. Today the opening carries none; the body carries 1. Checked against the full current article on 2026-08-01.

The tracked words, snapshot by snapshot

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Counts are of the opening paragraph only, the part most readers, search engines and AI training sets ever quote.

What was taken out

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  • The listed spelling variants of his name were revised, dropping Abdullah al-Taaisha for Abdallah al-Khalifa.
  • The description of his state as an Islamist military caliphate was reworded to a kingdom.

How it opened then, and now

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2005 (revision 17177258):

Abdullah Ibn-Mohammed or Abdullah et Taaisha ( 1846 – November 24 , 1899 ), also known as “The Khalifa ” was a Sudanese Dervish General and ruler. Abdullah was born into the Ta’aisha Baqqara tribe in Darfur in 1846 and was trained and educated as a preacher and holy man. He became a follower of Mohammed Ahmed “the Mahdi ” in 1880 and named Khalifa by the mahdi in 1881 and became one of his chief lieutenants. He first fought at the Battle of El Obeid , where William Hicks ‘s Anglo-Egyptian army was destroyed ( November 5 , 1883 ), and was the principal commander at the siege of Khartoum , (February 1884 - January 26, 1885). He succeeded as leader of the Mahdists on the death of the Mahdi, aft…

2025 (revision 1297652321):

Sudanese Ansar ruler (1846–1899) Abdullah ibn-Mohammed al-Khalifa or Abdullah al-Taashi or Abdallah al-Khalifa , also known as “The Khalifa ” ( Arabic : c. عبدالله بن سيد محمد الخليفة ; 1846 – 25 November 1899) was a Sudanese Ansar ruler who was one of the principal followers of Muhammad Ahmad . Ahmad claimed to be the Mahdi , building up a large following. After Ahmad’s death, Abdullah ibn-Mohammed took over the movement, adopting the title of Khalifah al-Mahdi (usually rendered as “Khalifa”). He attempted to create a kingdom, which led to widespread discontent and his eventual defeat and death at the hands of the British and Egyptians.

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