Background
He was born in northern Sudan, the son of Abd-el-Rahman el-Mahdi and thus belonged to one of the leading families in the country.
He was born in northern Sudan, the son of Abd-el-Rahman el-Mahdi and thus belonged to one of the leading families in the country.
He believed in non-violent method of a free Sudan, and in 1945 he formed the Umma party together with his father.
