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.


Referenced by (5)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Nana Asma’u ("Sokoto jihad movement")
Usman dan Fodio ("Sokoto jihad")
movement
Zazzau Emirate ("Fulani jihad in Hausaland")
associatedWith
Hausa people
associatedWithJihad
Sokoto Caliphate
conflict

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