Sokoto Caliphate

The Sokoto Caliphate, also known as the Sultanate of Sokoto, was a Sunni Muslim caliphate in West Africa. It was founded by Usman dan Fodio in 1804 during the Fulani jihads after defeating the Hausa Kingdoms in the Fulani War. The boundaries of the caliphate extended to parts of present-day Cameroon, Burkina Faso, Niger, and Nigeria. By 1837, the Caliphate had a population of 10–20 million people, becoming the most populous empire in West Africa. It was dissolved when the British, French, and Germans conquered the area in 1903 and annexed it into the newly established Northern Nigeria Protectorate, Senegambia and Niger and Kamerun respectively.

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Wasu daga cikin mahalarta taro Sokoto

Sa'adu Abubakar close-up (cropped)

Wurno - View Taken in the Interior

Fillani or Fulah Types

Lokacin taro a Sokoto

Sultan Hasan dan Muazu

A Sokoto Fulah - Brother of the Sultan

Sultan of Sokoto, Shehu of Borno, Emir of Kano with Aliko Dangote, Bill Gates, and U.S. Ambassador James Entwistle

Yusuf Sa'adu (Mahuta)

Aftermath of the Battle of Burmi (1903)

• Les Peuls du Nord du Burkina Faso entre le Califat de Sokoto et la Diina du Maasina - scientific article published in 2003, Q150
• Revolutionary Mahdism and Resistance to Colonial Rule in the Sokoto Caliphate, 1905–6 - scientific article published in July 1990, Q1860
• Telling Stories, Making Histories: Women, Words, and Islam in Nineteenth-Century Hausaland and the Sokoto Caliphate - book published in 2007, English

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
event	armed conflict	1805	Alwassa–Gwandu campaign	Tuareg, Sokoto Caliphate, military campaign, Gobir, Kingdom of Zamfara, Kingdom of Kebbi	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1835	Battle of Ilorin	battle, Oyo Empire, Sokoto Caliphate, Bargu people, Ilorin Emirate	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1838	Battle of Òsogbo	battle, Sokoto Caliphate, Osogbo, Ibadan Republic, Ilorin Emirate	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1903	Battle of Kano	British Empire, battle, Sokoto Caliphate	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1903	Battle of Kwatarkwashi	British Empire, battle, Sokoto Caliphate	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1903	Battle of Sokoto	British Empire, battle, Sokoto Caliphate	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1903	Battle of Burmi	British Empire, battle, Sokoto Caliphate	Wikidata
commons	image		Wasu daga cikin mahalarta taro Sokoto		Commons
commons	image		Sa'adu Abubakar close-up (cropped)		Commons
commons	image		Wurno - View Taken in the Interior		Commons
commons	image		Fillani or Fulah Types		Commons
commons	image		Lokacin taro a Sokoto		Commons
commons	image		Sultan Hasan dan Muazu		Commons
commons	image		A Sokoto Fulah - Brother of the Sultan		Commons
commons	image		Sultan of Sokoto, Shehu of Borno, Emir of Kano with Aliko Dangote, Bill Gates, and U.S. Ambassador James Entwistle		Commons
commons	image		Yusuf Sa'adu (Mahuta)		Commons
commons	image		Aftermath of the Battle of Burmi (1903)		Commons