Siddick Sayed el-Mahdi

Siddick Sayed el-Mahdi (1911–1961), was a religious and political leader in Sudan.{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YkEOAQAAMAAJ&q=Siddick+Sayed+el-Mahdi |title=Makers of Modern Africa |date=1991 |publisher=Africa Journal Limited |isbn=978-0-903274-18-0 |language=en}} 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. He was the father of Sadiq el-Mahdi, and the brother of Hadi Abd-el-Rahman el-Mahdi.