Uthman Dan Fodio

Uthman Dan Fodio
Nigerian religious leader and reformer who led Fulani efforts to spread Islam among the Hausa aristocracy in present-day northern Nigeria.
Ibrahim Sulaiman
Influential northern Nigerian intellectual and advocate for Islamic identity and renewal in Nigeria.
Sokoto Caliphate
An Islamic state founded in the 19th century by Uthman Dan Fodio in what is now Nigeria, uniting Hausa states under a spiritual and political authority.

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