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.
An ascetic or practitioner of yoga (yogi) who has given up pursuit of the first three Hindu goals of life: kama (enjoyment), artha (practical objectives) and even dharma (duty).