Sokoto Caliphate
West African empire
The Sokoto Caliphate was an Islamic state in West Africa, founded in 1804 after Usman dan Fodio's jihad against the Hausa kingdoms.
It became one of the largest states in 19th-century Africa, covering much of what is now northern Nigeria.
The caliphate fell to British conquest in 1903, though its religious and political legacy persists in the region's traditional emirate structures.
- emiratesTerritories under Islamic princes
- Sharia lawIslamic religious legal framework
- NigeriaWest African federal republic
- viziersIslamic government officials
- mosquesMuslim houses of worship
British colonialism · caliph · succession disputes · Sufism · oral histories · sultan · Islamic architecture · military campaigns · cavalry · conquest · Sahel · indigo · jihad · savanna · Islamic · trade · tribute · walled
- Islamic EmpiresAbbasids, Ottoman Empire, Mughal Empire, Mughals, Safavid Empire
- African Islamimams, mosques, madrasas, Timbuktu, Islamic education
- Caliphatescaliph, Umar, Omar, Ali, Harun al-Rashid
- FulaniFulani, Fulani braids, Fouta Djallon
- Hausalandemirs, emir, emirate, indigo dye, walled cities
- Nigerian historyNigeria, Oyo Empire, British rule, Biafra, colonial rule
Sokoto CaliphateBritish colonial rule
Empire's control of territories
European colonialism · British Empire · European imperialism · colonial administration · Belgian Congo