Any irregular guerrilla fighter resembling the Sudanese Mahdi in equipment, uniform, tactics, etc.
A citizen or inhabitant of Darawiish (circa 1895–1920 C.E.), an anti-colonial polity in modern Somalia headed by Sufis.
One of the followers of Muhammad Ahmad, the Mahdi of the Sudan, in the 1880s.
Someone who takes advantage of the gullible through fakery, especially of a spiritual or religious nature.
An ascetic mendicant, especially one who performs feats of endurance or apparent magic.
A faqir, owning no personal property and usually living solely off alms.