Sokoto Jihad

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The Sokoto Jihad was an early 19th-century Islamic reformist movement in what is now northern Nigeria that, led by Usman dan Fodio, overthrew Hausa states and established the vast Sokoto Caliphate.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Islamic reform movement ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
jihad ⓘ
religious war ⓘ
aim establishment of a just Islamic state ⓘ
purification of Islamic practice ⓘ
chronologyWithin early 19th century ⓘ
country Nigeria ⓘ
endTime 1808 ⓘ
followedBy expansion of the Sokoto Caliphate ⓘ
hasCause Islamic reformism ⓘ
opposition to heavy taxation ⓘ
opposition to perceived corruption in Hausa states ⓘ
opposition to syncretic religious practices ⓘ
hasEffect Fulani political dominance in the Sokoto Caliphate ⓘ
implementation of Islamic law (Sharia) in conquered territories ⓘ
integration of emirates into a caliphal system ⓘ
restructuring of land tenure in Northern Nigeria ⓘ
inspiredBy earlier Islamic reform movements in West Africa ⓘ
languageOfSources Arabic ⓘ
Fulfulde ⓘ
Hausa ⓘ
leader Usman dan Fodio ⓘ
legacy foundation for later Northern Nigerian emirate structures ⓘ
influence on later Islamic reform movements in West Africa ⓘ
location Central Sudan ⓘ
surface form: Central Sudan region

West Africa ⓘ
mainTerritory Hausaland ⓘ
Northern Nigeria ⓘ
opponent Gobir ⓘ
Kano ⓘ
Katsina Emirate ⓘ
surface form: Katsina

Zamfara State ⓘ
surface form: Zamfara

other Hausa kingdoms ⓘ
participant Abdullahi dan Fodio ⓘ
Fulani ⓘ
surface form: Fulani Muslims

Hausa city-states ⓘ
surface form: Hausa states

Muhammad Bello ⓘ
Usman dan Fodio ⓘ
religion Sunni Islam ⓘ
result establishment of the Sokoto Caliphate ⓘ
overthrow of several Hausa states ⓘ
political unification of much of Northern Nigeria under Sokoto ⓘ
spread of Islamic scholarship in the region ⓘ
significantEvent battle of Tabkin Kwotto ⓘ
fall of Alkalawa ⓘ
startTime 1804 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sokoto Caliphate → conflict → Sokoto Jihad ⓘ
Usman dan Fodio → movement → Sokoto Jihad ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sokoto jihad
Nana Asma’u → movement → Sokoto Jihad ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sokoto jihad movement
Zazzau Emirate → associatedWith → Sokoto Jihad ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fulani jihad in Hausaland
Hausa people → associatedWithJihad → Sokoto Jihad ⓘ
Hausaland → associatedEvent → Sokoto Jihad ⓘ
Kitab al-Farq → associatedWithMovement → Sokoto Jihad ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sokoto jihad
Kitab al-Farq → relatedWorkByAuthor → Sokoto Jihad ⓘ
this entity surface form: Usman dan Fodio’s jihad proclamations
Bayan Wujub al-Hijra → associatedWith → Sokoto Jihad ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sokoto jihad
Muhammad Bello → movement → Sokoto Jihad ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sokoto jihad movement
Fulani Jihad → alsoKnownAs → Sokoto Jihad ⓘ
Bauchi Emirate → associatedWith → Sokoto Jihad ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jihad of Usman dan Fodio
Kano Emirate (pre-jihad Hausa state) → incorporationEvent → Sokoto Jihad ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fulani jihad in Hausaland
Abdullahi dan Fodio → movement → Sokoto Jihad ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sokoto jihad
Hadejia Emirate → foundingContext → Sokoto Jihad ⓘ
this entity surface form: jihad of Usman dan Fodio
Muhammadu Bello → movement → Sokoto Jihad ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sokoto jihad