Fulani Jihad

E289548
Islamic reform movement historical event jihad religious war

The Fulani Jihad was an early 19th-century Islamic reformist movement in West Africa, led by Usman dan Fodio, that overthrew Hausa kingdoms and created a vast theocratic empire.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Fulani Jihad canonical 8
Fulani jihad 1
Fulani jihad of 1804 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Islamic reform movement ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
jihad ⓘ
religious war ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Sokoto Jihad ⓘ
cause desire to purify Islamic practice ⓘ
opposition to perceived corruption in Hausa states ⓘ
characterizedBy mass mobilization of Fulani pastoralists ⓘ
use of Islamic scholarship to legitimize rebellion ⓘ
commanders Abdullahi dan Fodio ⓘ
Muhammad Bello ⓘ
Usman dan Fodio ⓘ
endDate 1808 ⓘ
ethnicComposition Fulani ⓘ
ideology Islamic reformism ⓘ
Sunni Islam ⓘ
influenced later jihads in West Africa ⓘ
languageOfSources Arabic ⓘ
Fulfulde ⓘ
Hausa ⓘ
leader Usman dan Fodio ⓘ
ledTo reorganization of taxation under Islamic law ⓘ
spread of Islamic education in Northern Nigeria ⓘ
legalBasis Sharia ⓘ
mainLocation Hausaland ⓘ
Northern Nigeria ⓘ
West Africa ⓘ
militaryTactics cavalry warfare ⓘ
opponent Gobir ⓘ
Hausa city-states ⓘ
surface form: Hausa kingdoms

Kano ⓘ
Katsina Emirate ⓘ
surface form: Katsina

Zamfara State ⓘ
surface form: Zamfara
partOf history of Islam in Africa ⓘ
history of Nigeria ⓘ
politicalNature theocratic ⓘ
precededBy Hausa city-states ⓘ
surface form: Hausa city-state system
relatedEvent Sokoto Caliphate ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
result creation of Sokoto Caliphate ⓘ
establishment of a theocratic empire ⓘ
overthrow of Hausa kingdoms ⓘ
significance largest precolonial empire in West Africa in the 19th century ⓘ
socialImpact reshaping of Fulani-Hausa relations ⓘ
startDate 1804 ⓘ
successorState Sokoto Caliphate ⓘ
timePeriod early 19th century ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

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Sokoto Caliphate → establishedBy → Fulani Jihad ⓘ
Sokoto Caliphate → conflict → Fulani Jihad ⓘ
Hausa-Fulani → historicallyLinkedTo → Fulani Jihad ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fulani jihad of 1804
Sokoto → associatedWith → Fulani Jihad ⓘ
Bornu → facedInvasionsFrom → Fulani Jihad ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fulani jihadists
Sultan of Sokoto → historicallyLinkedTo → Fulani Jihad ⓘ
Gobir → conqueredDuring → Fulani Jihad ⓘ
Bauchi Emirate → foundedAsResultOf → Fulani Jihad ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fulani jihad
Nupe → historicallyInteractedWith → Fulani Jihad ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fulani jihad states
Fulani Empire → establishedThrough → Fulani Jihad ⓘ
Fulani Empire → militaryConflict → Fulani Jihad ⓘ
Hausa city-states → conflict → Fulani Jihad ⓘ