Sokoto Caliphate

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Caliphate Islamic empire Pre-colonial African state

The Sokoto Caliphate was a powerful 19th-century Islamic empire in West Africa that became a major center of Islamic learning, governance, and trade.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Sokoto Caliphate canonical	51
Sokoto Sultanate	3
Sultanate of Sokoto	2
Caliphate of Sokoto	1
Sokoto Emirate	1
Sokoto Empire	1
Sokoto dynasty	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 (60)

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

Northern Nigeria → hasHistoricalEntity → Sokoto Caliphate ⓘ

Sokoto Caliphate → alternativeName → Sokoto Caliphate ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sokoto Sultanate

Sokoto Caliphate → alternativeName → Sokoto Caliphate ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sultanate of Sokoto

Usman dan Fodio → deathPlace → Sokoto Caliphate ⓘ

Usman dan Fodio → countryOfCitizenship → Sokoto Caliphate ⓘ

Usman dan Fodio → founded → Sokoto Caliphate ⓘ

Nana Asma’u → countryOfActivity → Sokoto Caliphate ⓘ

Hausa-Fulani → historicallyLinkedTo → Sokoto Caliphate ⓘ

Katsina Emirate → influencedBy → Sokoto Caliphate ⓘ

Sokoto → formerCapitalOf → Sokoto Caliphate ⓘ

Ilorin → historicalAffiliation → Sokoto Caliphate ⓘ

Sokoto State → historicalEntityPrecededBy → Sokoto Caliphate ⓘ

Kebbi State → historicalAffiliation → Sokoto Caliphate ⓘ

Bornu → facedInvasionsFrom → Sokoto Caliphate ⓘ

Kitab al-Farq → associatedWithDynasty → Sokoto Caliphate ⓘ

Bayan Wujub al-Hijra → associatedWith → Sokoto Caliphate ⓘ

Yan Taru women’s educational network → mainRegion → Sokoto Caliphate ⓘ

Yan Taru → mainRegion → Sokoto Caliphate ⓘ

West African Islam → associatedWithEmpire → Sokoto Caliphate ⓘ

Muhammad Bello → countryOfRule → Sokoto Caliphate ⓘ

Muhammad Bello → dynasty → Sokoto Caliphate ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sokoto dynasty

Aliyu Babba → country → Sokoto Caliphate ⓘ

Sultan of Sokoto → positionHeldIn → Sokoto Caliphate ⓘ

Sultan of Sokoto → hasJurisdictionOver → Sokoto Caliphate ⓘ

Sultan of Sokoto → officeCreatedBy → Sokoto Caliphate ⓘ

Fulani Jihad → successorState → Sokoto Caliphate ⓘ

Fulani Jihad → relatedEvent → Sokoto Caliphate ⓘ

Gobir → conqueredBy → Sokoto Caliphate ⓘ

Gobir → successorState → Sokoto Caliphate ⓘ

Gwandu Emirate → partOf → Sokoto Caliphate ⓘ

Gwandu Emirate → sharesOriginWith → Sokoto Caliphate ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sokoto Emirate

Bauchi Emirate → partOf → Sokoto Caliphate ⓘ

Peul → notablePolities → Sokoto Caliphate ⓘ

Kano Emirate (pre-jihad Hausa state) → incorporatedInto → Sokoto Caliphate ⓘ

Fulani Empire → hasAlternativeName → Sokoto Caliphate ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sokoto Empire

Hausa city-states → followedBy → Sokoto Caliphate ⓘ

Emir of Zazzau → influencedBy → Sokoto Caliphate ⓘ

Emir of Zazzau → historicalAffiliation → Sokoto Caliphate ⓘ

Shaykh Uthman ibn Fudi → placeOfDeath → Sokoto Caliphate ⓘ

subject surface form: Usman dan Fodio

Shaykh Uthman ibn Fudi → countryOfCitizenship → Sokoto Caliphate ⓘ

subject surface form: Usman dan Fodio

Shaykh Uthman ibn Fudi → founded → Sokoto Caliphate ⓘ

subject surface form: Usman dan Fodio

Central Sudan → historicallyIncluded → Sokoto Caliphate ⓘ

Abdullahi dan Fodio → countryOfCitizenship → Sokoto Caliphate ⓘ

Zaria Emirate → partOf → Sokoto Caliphate ⓘ

Zaria Emirate → historicalAffiliation → Sokoto Caliphate ⓘ

this entity surface form: Caliphate of Sokoto

Hadejia Emirate → partOf → Sokoto Caliphate ⓘ

Hadejia Emirate → associatedWith → Sokoto Caliphate ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sokoto Sultanate

Sarkin Kano → hasHistoricalConnectionTo → Sokoto Caliphate ⓘ

Northwest geopolitical zone of Nigeria → historicalCaliphate → Sokoto Caliphate ⓘ