Sokoto Caliphate
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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 K
A brother of Sultan Umaru bin Ali (1888) by Élisée Reclus
A Fulani from the Sokoto Caliphate
View of the outskirts of Sokoto (1890)
Fulani from Sokoto
Sokoto (city)
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Sokoto is a major city located in extreme north-western Nigeria, near the confluence of the Sokoto River and the Rima River. As of 2006, it had a population of over 427,760. Sokoto is the modern-day c
Sokoto Caliphate
…Uthmaniyya ("Uthmani state"), not to be confused with the Ottoman state, the original daular 'uthmaniyya. Usman and his successors, who ruled from Sokoto, used the title of Commander of the Believers (Amir al-mu'minin in Arabic; Sarkin Musulmi in Hausa; Lamido Julbe in Fulfulde). The townspeople of the…
Sultan's Place
Market at Sokoto, early 1850s
Sokoto Market