Alexander Siddig, Doctor Julian Bashir is the great-grandson of…

Muhammad Ahmad bin Abdullah bin Fahal (Arabic: محمد أحمد بن عبد الله بن فحل; 12 August 1843 – 21 June 1885) was a Sudanese religious and political leader. In 1881, he claimed to be the Mahdi and led a war against Egyptian rule in Sudan, which culminated in a remarkable victory over them in the Siege of Khartoum. He created a vast Islamic state extending from the Red Sea to Central Africa and founded a movement that remained influential in Sudan a century later.

“My great-great-grandfather fought in World War I.”

“Cool, mine was a messianic figure who freaked out the British so much that they destroyed his tomb and threw his bones into the Nile.”