El-Tigani el-Mahi

El-Tigani el-Mahi
El-Tigani el-Mahi
التجاني الماحي
	El-Tigani el-Mahi in 1965
Member of the Sovereignty Council
	In office; 3 December 1964 – 10 June 1965
Prime Minister	Sirr Al-Khatim Al-Khalifa
Preceded by	Sirr Al-Khatim Al-Khalifa (Acting)
Succeeded by	Ismail al-Azhari
Personal details
Born	April 1911; Omdurman, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan
Died	8 January 1970 (aged 58); Khartoum, Sudan
Education	Kitchener School of Medicine (DKSM); University of London (diploma);
Occupation	Psychiatrist; writer; politician; Egyptologist; antiquarian;
Other names	Father of African Psychiatry
Employers	Union of Sudanese Doctors; Ministry of Health (Sudan); WHO-EMRO; Academy of the Arabic Language in Cairo; Graduates' General Congress;

El-Tigani el-Mahi (Arabic: التجاني الماحي; April 1911 – 8 January 1970) was a Sudanese scholar, academic, and a pioneer of African psychiatry. He played a major role in the country's struggle for independence from British colonial rule, and was the transitional president of Sudan after the Sudanese October 1964 Revolution.

He was an avid collector of historical artefacts, and knowledgeable about Egyptology, and Sudan's history and literature.