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Sadiq Al-Mahdi(1935-2020)

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Sadiq Al-Mahdi was born on 25 December 1935 in Omdurman, Sudan. He died on 26 November 2020 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
BornDecember 25, 1935
DiedNovember 26, 2020(84)
BornDecember 25, 1935
DiedNovember 26, 2020(84)
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Sudan: History of a Broken Land
Movie
  • Self - Former Prime Minister of Sudan
  • 2011
Sudanna al Habib
Movie
  • Self
  • 2012
Terra X - Rätsel alter Weltkulturen (1982)
Terra X - Rätsel alter Weltkulturen
7.9
TV Series
  • Self - former Prime Minister, the Mahdi's grandson
Dispatches (1987)
Dispatches
6.6
TV Series
  • Self - Prime Minister, Sudan(as Saddiq Al Mahdi)

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Self

  • Terra X - Rätsel alter Weltkulturen (1982)
    Terra X - Rätsel alter Weltkulturen
    7.9
    TV Series
    • Self - former Prime Minister, the Mahdi's grandson
    • 2018
  • Empire (2012)
    Empire
    7.4
    TV Mini Series
    • Self (as Imam Sadiq Al Mahdi)
    • 2012
  • Sudanna al Habib
    • Self
    • 2012
  • Sudan: History of a Broken Land
    • Self - Former Prime Minister of Sudan
    • 2011
  • Dispatches (1987)
    Dispatches
    6.6
    TV Series
    • Self - Prime Minister, Sudan (as Saddiq Al Mahdi)
    • 1987

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  • Memories of 1970-1991
    • Self (archive footage, uncredited)
    • Released
    • TV Series
    • 1991

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  • Alternative names
    • Imam Sadiq Al Mahdi
  • Born
    • December 25, 1935
    • Omdurman, Sudan
  • Died
    • November 26, 2020
    • Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates(complications from COVID-19)
  • Relatives
    • Alexander Siddig(Niece or Nephew)

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  • Trivia
    Great grandson of Muhammad Ahmad who conquered Khartoum in1885, he is the uncle of Alexander Siddig.

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