Sokoto Caliphate
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The Sokoto Caliphate was a powerful 19th-century Islamic empire in West Africa that became a major center of Islamic learning, governance, and trade.
Observed surface forms (2)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sokoto Sultanate | 1 |
| Sultanate of Sokoto | 1 |
Statements (69)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Caliphate
ⓘ
Islamic empire ⓘ Pre-colonial African state ⓘ |
| administrativeStructure | Network of semi-autonomous emirates ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Sokoto Caliphate
ⓘ
surface form:
Sokoto Sultanate
Sokoto Caliphate ⓘ
surface form:
Sultanate of Sokoto
|
| areaOfInfluence |
Present-day Burkina Faso
ⓘ
Present-day Cameroon ⓘ Present-day Chad ⓘ Republic of Niger ⓘ
surface form:
Present-day Niger
Present-day northern Nigeria ⓘ |
| associatedDynasty | Fulani ⓘ |
| capital | Sokoto ⓘ |
| commonLanguage |
Fulfulde
ⓘ
Hausa ⓘ |
| conflict |
Fulani Jihad
ⓘ
Sokoto Jihad ⓘ |
| conqueredBy | British Empire ⓘ |
| continent | Africa ⓘ |
| currency |
Barter
ⓘ
Cowrie shells ⓘ Gold ⓘ |
| dissolved | 1903 ⓘ |
| economicBase |
Agriculture
ⓘ
Slave labor ⓘ Trans-Saharan trade routes ⓘ
surface form:
Trans-Saharan trade
|
| educationFocus |
Islamic jurisprudence
ⓘ
Quranic studies ⓘ |
| endTime | 1903 ⓘ |
| era | 19th century ⓘ |
| establishedBy | Fulani Jihad ⓘ |
| event | British conquest of Sokoto in 1903 ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria
ⓘ
surface form:
British Nigeria
Northern Nigeria ⓘ
surface form:
Northern Nigeria Protectorate
|
| foundedBy | Usman dan Fodio ⓘ |
| founder | Usman dan Fodio ⓘ |
| governmentType |
Islamic theocracy
ⓘ
Monarchy ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Adamawa State
ⓘ
surface form:
Adamawa Emirate
Bauchi Emirate ⓘ Gwandu Emirate ⓘ Hadejia Emirate ⓘ Kano Emirate (pre-jihad Hausa state) ⓘ
surface form:
Kano Emirate
Katsina Emirate ⓘ Zaria Emirate ⓘ |
| influenced | Later Islamic reform movements in West Africa ⓘ |
| intellectualTradition |
Maliki jurisprudence
ⓘ
Qadiriyya Sufi tradition ⓘ
surface form:
Qadiriyya Sufism
|
| knownFor |
Center of Islamic learning
ⓘ
Extensive trade networks ⓘ Qadiriyya Sufi order influence ⓘ System of emirates ⓘ |
| legalSystem | Islamic law ⓘ |
| legislativeBasis | Sharia ⓘ |
| locatedIn | West Africa ⓘ |
| notableLeader |
Abdullahi dan Fodio
ⓘ
Aliyu Babba ⓘ Muhammad Bello ⓘ Usman dan Fodio ⓘ |
| officialLanguage | Arabic ⓘ |
| precededBy |
Gobir
ⓘ
Zazzau Emirate ⓘ
surface form:
Hausa city-states
Kano Emirate (pre-jihad Hausa state) ⓘ |
| religion |
Islam
ⓘ
Sunni Islam ⓘ |
| religiousMovement | Reformist jihad ⓘ |
| spiritualCenter | Sokoto ⓘ |
| startTime | 1804 ⓘ |
| titleOfRuler | Sultan of Sokoto ⓘ |
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Sokoto Sultanate
this entity surface form:
Sultanate of Sokoto