Muhammad Bello

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Muhammad Bello was a 19th-century ruler and Islamic scholar who served as the second Sultan of the Sokoto Caliphate, expanding and consolidating its power in what is now northern Nigeria.

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Muhammad Bello canonical 12

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Islamic scholar
Sultan
historical figure
political leader
continent Africa
countryOfRule Sokoto Caliphate
denomination Maliki school
surface form: Maliki school of law
dynasty Sokoto Caliphate
surface form: Sokoto dynasty
ethnicGroup Fulani
familyName Bello
father Usman dan Fodio
givenName Mohammad
surface form: Muhammad
historicalPeriod 19th century
ideology Sunni Islam
knownFor Islamic legal scholarship
administrative reforms
consolidating the Sokoto Caliphate
expanding the Sokoto Caliphate
historical and biographical writings
languageOfWork Arabic
Fulfulde
Hausa
mother Aisha bint Usman dan Fodio
movement Sokoto Jihad
surface form: Sokoto jihad movement
notableWork Infaq al-Maysur
Kitab al-Farq
Kitab al-Ribq
occupation Islamic jurist
administrator
author
poet
ruler
placeOfBirth Hausaland
region of present-day northern Nigeria
placeOfDeath Sokoto
policy codification of governance based on sharia
integration of conquered territories into the caliphate
promotion of Islamic education
positionHeld Sultan of Sokoto
second Sultan of the Sokoto Caliphate
regionRuled Hausaland
what is now northern Nigeria
relative Nana Asma’u
religion Islam
roleInState commander of the caliphal armies
head of state of the Sokoto Caliphate
sphereOfInfluence Central Sudan
surface form: Central and western Sudan region
successorStateContext precolonial Nigerian polity
theologicalOrientation Ashari
title Amir al-Mu’minin

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Sokoto Caliphate notableLeader Muhammad Bello
Usman dan Fodio notableStudent Muhammad Bello
Usman dan Fodio child Muhammad Bello
Nana Asma’u sibling Muhammad Bello
Fulani Jihad commanders Muhammad Bello
Sokoto Jihad participant Muhammad Bello
Fulani Empire notableLeader Muhammad Bello
Shaykh Uthman ibn Fudi relative Muhammad Bello
subject surface form: Usman dan Fodio
Shaykh Uthman ibn Fudi child Muhammad Bello
subject surface form: Usman dan Fodio
Shaykh Uthman ibn Fudi influenced Muhammad Bello
subject surface form: Usman dan Fodio
Abdullahi dan Fodio relative Muhammad Bello
Sultan Bello Mosque namedAfter Muhammad Bello