Usman dan Fodio
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Islamic scholar
Maliki jurist
Qadiriyya Sufi
Sufi
Sunni Muslim
founder of state
jihad leader
poet
religious reformer
writer
Usman dan Fodio was an 18th–19th century Islamic scholar, reformer, and jihad leader who founded the Sokoto Caliphate in what is now northern Nigeria.
Observed surface forms (4)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Muhammad Bello | 1 |
| Shehu Usman dan Fodio | 1 |
| Usman ɗan Fodiyo | 1 |
| Uthman dan Fodio | 1 |
Statements (61)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Islamic scholar
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Maliki jurist ⓘ Qadiriyya Sufi ⓘ Sufi ⓘ Sunni Muslim ⓘ founder of state ⓘ jihad leader ⓘ poet ⓘ religious reformer ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| activeIn |
18th century
ⓘ
19th century ⓘ |
| advocated |
implementation of Sharia
ⓘ
purification of Islamic practice ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Shaykh Uthman ibn Fudi
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Usman dan Fodio ⓘ
surface form:
Shehu Usman dan Fodio
Usman dan Fodio ⓘ
surface form:
Usman ɗan Fodiyo
Usman dan Fodio ⓘ
surface form:
Uthman dan Fodio
|
| birthPlace |
Gobir
ⓘ
Hausaland ⓘ present-day northern Nigeria ⓘ |
| birthYear | 1754 ⓘ |
| child |
Abdullahi dan Fodio
ⓘ
Muhammad Bello ⓘ Nana Asma’u ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Sokoto Caliphate ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Sokoto
ⓘ
Sokoto Caliphate ⓘ |
| deathYear | 1817 ⓘ |
| denomination | Sunni Islam ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Fulani
ⓘ
surface form:
Fula
Fulani ⓘ |
| fiqh | Maliki ⓘ |
| founded |
Fulani Empire
ⓘ
Sokoto Caliphate ⓘ |
| fullName | Usman dan Fodio self-link ⓘ |
| ideology | Islamic reformism ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
Arabic
ⓘ
Fulfulde ⓘ Hausa ⓘ |
| movement |
Sokoto Jihad
ⓘ
surface form:
Sokoto jihad
|
| notableFor |
establishing a large West African Islamic state
ⓘ
leading an Islamic reformist jihad in Hausaland ⓘ |
| notableStudent |
Abdullahi dan Fodio
ⓘ
Muhammad Bello ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Bayan Wujub al-Hijra
ⓘ
Kitab al-Farq ⓘ Tanbih al-Ikhwan ⓘ |
| occupation |
Islamic scholar
ⓘ
imam ⓘ jurist ⓘ political leader ⓘ teacher ⓘ |
| opposed |
corruption among Hausa rulers
ⓘ
syncretic religious practices in Hausaland ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Sultan of Sokoto
ⓘ
surface form:
Amir al-Mu’minin of Sokoto
Sultan of Sokoto ⓘ
surface form:
Caliph of Sokoto
|
| region |
Hausaland
ⓘ
West Africa ⓘ |
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| sufiOrder |
Qadiriyya Sufi tradition
ⓘ
surface form:
Qadiriyya
|
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Usman ɗan Fodiyo
this entity surface form:
Uthman dan Fodio
this entity surface form:
Shehu Usman dan Fodio
this entity surface form:
Muhammad Bello