Military conflict in Nigeria and Cameroon (1804–1808)
Jihad of Usman dan Fodio
Part of the Fula jihads
The Sokoto Sultanate (Sokoto Empire) in the reign of sultan Ahmadu Rufai, established after the Jihad led by Shaikh Usman bin Fodiyo.
Date
February 21, 1804 – 1808
Location
Present day Nigeria and Cameroon
Result
Sokoto victory
Establishment of the Sokoto Caliphate
Belligerents
Sokoto Caliphate Support: Kel Ayr
Hausa Kingdoms
Gobir
Katsina
Sultanate of Kano
Biram
Daura Emirate
Zazzau
Kebbi Emirate
And others...
Kanem-Bornu
Commanders and leaders
Usman dan Fodio
Muhammad Bello
Abdullahi dan Fodio
Ali Jedo
Abd al-Salam (Hausa)
Umaru al-Kammu
Malam `Umaru Dallaji
Sulaymanu dan Abahama
Other Fulani generals
Sarkin Gobir Yunfa †
Muhammad al-Kanemi
Magajin Halidu (Suicide)
Muhammad Alwali II †
Musa II
'Abdu dan Tsoho †
Muhammad Makau
Muhammad Hodi
Other Hausa kings and generals
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Jihad of Usman dan Fodio
Tabkin Kwatto (1804)
Tsuntua (1804)
Gwandu (1805)
Katsina (1807)
Alkalawa (1808)
The Jihad of Usman dan Fodio was a religio-military conflict in present-day Nigeria and Cameroon. The war began when Usman dan Fodio, a prominent Islamic scholar and teacher, was exiled from Gobir by King Yunfa, one of his former students.[1]
Usman dan Fodio assembled an Islamic army to lead a jihad against Gobir and other Hausa Kingdoms of northern Nigeria. The forces of Usman dan Fodio slowly took over more and more of the Hausa kingdoms, capturing Gobir in 1808 and executing Yunfa. The war resulted in the creation of the Sokoto Caliphate, initially headed by Usman dan Fodio himself, which became one of the largest states in Africa in the 19th century. His success inspired similar jihads in Western Africa.
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