Sokoto Caliphate

Overview

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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Borders & accuracy

Solid borders are reconstructed from canonical historical-basemap data or hand-crafted from scholarly atlases.

• SOURCEaourednik / historical-basemaps
• DETAILhistorical-basemaps
• SNAPSHOT1880
• MATCHEDSokoto Caliphate
• POLITY TYPEstate

Wars of this empire11

Conflicts whose belligerents name this polity, best-documented first.

• Sokoto Jihad of Usman dan Fodio1804–08
  World-changing
• Bornu–Sokoto Wars1808–46
  Major conflict
• Anglo-Sokoto War1903
  Major conflict
• Nupe Wars1531–1897
  Significant
• Bornu Resistance to the Sokoto Jihad1808–12
  Significant
• Voulet–Chanoine Mission1898–99
  Significant
• Battle of Burmi1903
  Significant
• Hadejia Rebellion1848–65
  Regional
• Battle of Adwa-style Defeat: Sokoto–Kebbi War (Argungu)1849–59
  Regional
• Mahdist Movement in Hausaland (Hayatu)1881–98
  Regional
• Battle of Rawiya1903
  Regional