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.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Usman dan Fodio canonical	31
Shehu Usman dan Fodio	2
Muhammad Bello	1
Usman ɗan Fodiyo	1
Usmanu dan Fodio	1
Uthman dan Fodio	1

Statements (61)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Islamic scholar ⓘ 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 ⓘ 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 (37)

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

Fulani → notableLeader → Usman dan Fodio ⓘ

this entity surface form: Muhammad Bello

Sokoto Caliphate → foundedBy → Usman dan Fodio ⓘ

Sokoto Caliphate → founder → Usman dan Fodio ⓘ

Sokoto Caliphate → notableLeader → Usman dan Fodio ⓘ

Usman dan Fodio → fullName → Usman dan Fodio self-link ⓘ

Usman dan Fodio → alsoKnownAs → Usman dan Fodio ⓘ

this entity surface form: Usman ɗan Fodiyo

Usman dan Fodio → alsoKnownAs → Usman dan Fodio ⓘ

this entity surface form: Uthman dan Fodio

Usman dan Fodio → alsoKnownAs → Usman dan Fodio ⓘ

this entity surface form: Shehu Usman dan Fodio

Nana Asma’u → father → Usman dan Fodio ⓘ

Sokoto → foundedBy → Usman dan Fodio ⓘ

Sokoto → associatedWith → Usman dan Fodio ⓘ

Sokoto State → historicalFigureAssociated → Usman dan Fodio ⓘ

Kitab al-Farq → author → Usman dan Fodio ⓘ

Kitab al-Farq → associatedWithPerson → Usman dan Fodio ⓘ

Bayan Wujub al-Hijra → author → Usman dan Fodio ⓘ

Bayan Wujub al-Hijra → associatedScholar → Usman dan Fodio ⓘ

Tanbih al-Ikhwan → author → Usman dan Fodio ⓘ

West African Islam → keyFigure → Usman dan Fodio ⓘ

Muhammad Bello → father → Usman dan Fodio ⓘ

Sultan of Sokoto → foundedBy → Usman dan Fodio ⓘ

Fulani Jihad → leader → Usman dan Fodio ⓘ

Fulani Jihad → commanders → Usman dan Fodio ⓘ

Sokoto Jihad → leader → Usman dan Fodio ⓘ

Sokoto Jihad → participant → Usman dan Fodio ⓘ

Gobir → conflictWith → Usman dan Fodio ⓘ

Gwandu Emirate → associatedWith → Usman dan Fodio ⓘ

Fulani Empire → foundedBy → Usman dan Fodio ⓘ

Fulani Empire → notableLeader → Usman dan Fodio ⓘ

Shaykh Uthman ibn Fudi → alsoKnownAs → Usman dan Fodio ⓘ

subject surface form: Usman dan Fodio

this entity surface form: Shehu Usman dan Fodio

Shaykh Uthman ibn Fudi → alsoKnownAs → Usman dan Fodio ⓘ

subject surface form: Usman dan Fodio

this entity surface form: Usmanu dan Fodio

Abdullahi dan Fodio → sibling → Usman dan Fodio ⓘ

Adamawa Emirate → foundedUnderAuthorityOf → Usman dan Fodio ⓘ

Muhammadu Bello → father → Usman dan Fodio ⓘ

Muhammadu Bello → predecessor → Usman dan Fodio ⓘ

Muhammadu Bello → influencedBy → Usman dan Fodio ⓘ

Usmanu Danfodiyo University → namedAfter → Usman dan Fodio ⓘ