Muslim: from a personal name based on Arabic mahdī ‘guided’. This is the attribute (title) of the twelfth (i.e. the last) imam of the Shiites Muhammad ibn Hasan who disappeared in mysterious circumstances [...]
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What is the origin of the name Mahdi?
Muslim: from a personal name based on Arabic mahdī ‘guided’. This is the attribute (title) of the twelfth (i.e. the last) imam of the Shiites Muhammad ibn Hasan who disappeared in mysterious circumstances [...]