Usman dan Fodio
Founder of the Sokoto Caliphate
- Lived
- 1754–1817
- Country
- Sokoto Caliphate
Updated September 2026
About Usman dan Fodio
Shehu Usman dan Fodio was a Fulani scholar, Islamic religious teacher, poet, revolutionary and a philosopher who founded the Sokoto Caliphate and ruled as its first caliph.
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