Shaykh Uthman ibn Fudi

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Islamic reformer Islamic scholar Sufi Sunni Muslim founder of state poet political leader religious leader writer

Shaykh Uthman ibn Fudi, better known as Usman dan Fodio, was an 18th–19th century Islamic scholar, reformer, and founder of the Sokoto Caliphate in West Africa.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Islamic reformer ⓘ
Islamic scholar ⓘ
Sufi ⓘ
Sunni Muslim ⓘ
founder of state ⓘ
poet ⓘ
political leader ⓘ
religious leader ⓘ
writer ⓘ
activeIn Hausaland ⓘ
West Africa ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Shaykh Uthman ibn Fudi ⓘ
Usman dan Fodio ⓘ
surface form: Shehu Usman dan Fodio

Usman dan Fodio ⓘ
surface form: Usmanu dan Fodio

Usuman ɗan Fodiyo ⓘ
birthName Uthman ibn Fudi ⓘ
centuryOfActivity 18th century ⓘ
19th century ⓘ
child Muhammad Bello ⓘ
Nana Asma’u ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Sokoto Caliphate ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1754 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1817-04-20 ⓘ
denomination Sunni Islam ⓘ
ethnicGroup Fulani ⓘ
fieldOfWork Islamic jurisprudence ⓘ
Quranic exegesis ⓘ
Sufism ⓘ
theology ⓘ
founded Fulani Jihad state in Hausaland ⓘ
Sokoto Caliphate ⓘ
ideology Islamic reformism ⓘ
influenced Islamic reform movements in West Africa ⓘ
Muhammad Bello ⓘ
Nana Asma’u ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName Arabic ⓘ
Fulfulde ⓘ
Hausa ⓘ
movement Sufism ⓘ
notableFor Islamic legal and theological writings ⓘ
establishing a large Islamic state in West Africa ⓘ
leading the early 19th-century Fulani Jihad in Hausaland ⓘ
notableWork Bayan Wujub al-Hijra ⓘ
Kitab al-Farq ⓘ
Tanbih al-Ikhwan ⓘ
occupation Islamic jurist ⓘ
emir ⓘ
imam ⓘ
preacher ⓘ
teacher ⓘ
placeOfBirth Gobir ⓘ
Hausaland ⓘ
present-day northern Nigeria ⓘ
placeOfDeath Sokoto ⓘ
Sokoto Caliphate ⓘ
positionHeld Sultan of Sokoto ⓘ
surface form: Amir al-Mu'minin of Sokoto Caliphate
relative Muhammad Bello ⓘ
Nana Asma’u ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
sufiOrder Qadiriyya ⓘ

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Usman dan Fodio → alsoKnownAs → Shaykh Uthman ibn Fudi ⓘ
Shaykh Uthman ibn Fudi → alsoKnownAs → Shaykh Uthman ibn Fudi ⓘ
subject surface form: Usman dan Fodio