List of Sultans of Sokoto
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Nigeria
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, can still carry a lot of weight with Fulani
Fula people
Fula people or Fulani or Fulbe are an ethnic group spread over many countries, predominantly in West Africa, but found also in Central Africa and Sudanese North Africa...
and Hausa people
Hausa people
The Hausa are one of the largest ethnic groups in West Africa. They are a Sahelian people chiefly located in northern Nigeria and southeastern Niger, but having significant numbers living in regions of Cameroon, Ghana, Cote d'Ivoire, Chad and Sudan...
from northern Nigeria.
Shaihu Usman dan Fodio
Usman dan Fodio
Shaihu Usman dan Fodio , born Usuman ɓii Foduye, was the founder of the Sokoto Caliphate in 1809, a religious teacher, writer and Islamic promoter. Dan Fodio was one of a class of urbanized ethnic Fulani living in the Hausa States in what is today northern Nigeria...
, the founder of the dynasty of Sokoto State
Sokoto State
Sokoto State is located in the extreme northwest of Nigeria, near to the confluence of the Sokoto River and the Rima River. As of 2005 it has an estimated population of more than 4.2 million...
and of the Fulani Empire
Fulani Empire
The Sokoto Caliphate is an Islamic spiritual community in Nigeria, led by the Sultan of Sokoto, Sa’adu Abubakar. Founded during the Fulani Jihad in 1809 by Usuman dan Fodio, it was one of the most powerful empires in sub-Saharan Africa prior to European conquest and colonization...
(consisting of the Fulbe Jihad states of which Sokoto was suzerain), never used the high style of Sultan (his son
Muhammed Bello
Muhammed Bello was the son and aide of Usman dan Fodio. He became the second Sultan of Sokoto following his father's 1815 retirement from the throne. Bello faced early challenges from dissident leaders such as 'Abd al-Salam, and rivalries between the key families of his father's jihad...
was the first to do so), but was simply titled Amir al-Mu´minin, also styled Lamido
Lamido
Lamido is the Anglicisation of a term from the Fula language or Fulfulde, used to refer to a ruler. In the language it is properly laamiiɗo , derived from the verbal root "laam-" meaning "to rule or to lead", and hence may be translated more specifically as "leader"...
Julbe (a corruption of 'Emir of the Fulbe').
List of Sultans
As mentioned above, the Sultans were also styled Amir al-Mu´minin and SarkiSarki
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n Musulmi ("King of the Muslims", basically the autochthonous form of the former, which is the Arabic style of Caliph
Caliph
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s and other independent sovereign Muslim rulers that claim legitimacy from a community of Muslims); Mai
King
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, occurring in various Sultans' surnames, is another autochthonous title
- 21 February 1804-1815: Imam Usman dan FodioUsman dan FodioShaihu Usman dan Fodio , born Usuman ɓii Foduye, was the founder of the Sokoto Caliphate in 1809, a religious teacher, writer and Islamic promoter. Dan Fodio was one of a class of urbanized ethnic Fulani living in the Hausa States in what is today northern Nigeria...
(b. 1754 - d. 20 April 1817) - 1815/ formally 20 April 1817 – 26 October 1837: Muhammed BelloMuhammed BelloMuhammed Bello was the son and aide of Usman dan Fodio. He became the second Sultan of Sokoto following his father's 1815 retirement from the throne. Bello faced early challenges from dissident leaders such as 'Abd al-Salam, and rivalries between the key families of his father's jihad...
(1781 - 1837) - 26 October 1837- November 1842: Abu Bakr AtikuAbu Bakr AtikuAbu Bakr Atiku was sultan of the Sokoto Caliphate or Fulani Empire from 26 October 1837 until November 1842. He was the brother of Muhammed Bello....
(1782 - 1842) - November 1842 – 21 October 1859: `Aliyu Baba dan Bello "Mai Cinaka" (1808 - 1859) = Ali bin Bello IAli bin Bello IAli bin Bello I was the Sultan of Sokoto from 1842 to 1859.-See also:*Fulani Empire...
"Mai Katuru" (1842-1859) - 21 October 1859 – 2 November 1866: Ahmadu `Atiqu dan Abi Bakar "Mai Cimola" (c.1807 - 1866) = Ahmad bin Atiku I dan `Usuman
- 2 November 1866 – 20 October 1867: `Aliyu Karami dan Bello (1809 - 1867) = Ali bin Bello II
- October 1867 – March 1873: Ahmadu Rafaye dan `Usuman (c.1814 - 1873) = Ahmad Rufa'i
- March 1873 – March 1877: Abu Bakar `Atiqu II dan Bello "na Rabih" (1812 - 1877) = Abu Bakr bin Bello
- March 1877 – September 1881: Mu'azu Ahmadu dan Bello (1816 - 1881) = Mu'adh bin Bello
- September 1881 – 25 March 1891: `Umaru dan `Aliyu Baba (1824 - 1891) = Umar bin Ali
- 25 March 1891 – 10 October 1902: `Abd ar-Rahman dan Abi Bakar "Mai Kano," "Danyen Kasko" (1828 – 1902)
- 13 October 1902 – 15 March 1903: Muhammadu Attahiru I dan Ahmadu (18?? - 1903)
- March 1903 – June 1915: Muhammadu Attahiru II dan `Aliyu Baba (b. 18?? - 1915)
- 1915 – 1924: Muhammadu dan Ahmadu "Mai Turare" (?-1924)
- 1924 – January 1931: Muhammadu dan Muhammadu "Tambari" (?-1935)
- 1931 – 1938: Hasan dan Mu'azu Ahmadu (?-1938)
- 17 June 1938 – 1 November 1988: Abubakar dan Usuman as-SiddiqSiddiq Abubakar IIISir Siddiq Abubakar III was a Nigerian Muslim leader. He served as the sultan of Sokoto between 1938 and 1988.~Nigerian Muslim leader, Sultan of Sokoto....
(1903 - 1988), usually referred to as Alhaji Sir Abubakar III - 6 November 1988 – 20 April 1996: Ibrahim Dasuki dan Khaliru (1923 - ?)
- 21 April 1996 – 29 October 2006: Muhammadu Maccido dan Abubakar (1928 - 29 October 2006), usually referred to as Alhaji Muhammadu Maccido
- 2 November 2006 – current: Muhammed Sa'adu Abubakar