Usman dan Fodio's jihad had created the…

1828 CE to 1839 CE

Usman dan Fodio's jihad had created the largest empire in Africa since the fall of Songhai in 1591.

By the middle of the nineteenth century, when the Sokoto Caliphate will be at its greatest extent, it will stretch fifteen hundred kilometers from Dori in modern Burkina Faso to southern Adamawa in Cameroon and include Nupe lands, Ilorin in northern Yorubaland, and much of the Benue River valley.

In addition, Usman dan Fodio's jihad had provided the inspiration for a series of related holy wars in other parts of the savanna and Sahel far beyond Nigeria's borders that lead to the foundation of Islamic states in Senegal, Mali, Ivory Coast, Chad, Central African Republic, and Sudan.

An analogy has been drawn between Usman dan Fodio's jihad and the French Revolution in terms of its widespread impact.

Just as the French Revolution affects the course of European history in the nineteenth century, the Sokoto jihad affects the course of history throughout the savanna from Senegal to the Red Sea.

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Sokoto Sokoto Nigeria View →

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Igbo people View → Hausa Kingdoms, the View → Hausa people View → Yoruba people View → Ijaw people View → Kano (Hausa city state) View → Zaria (Zazzau), Hausa City-State of View → Katsina (Hausa city state) View → Gobir (Hausa city state) View → Benin Empire View → Ibibio people View → Bonny, Ijo city-state of View → Oyo Empire View → Calabar, Efik state of View → Khasso, Fulani Jihad State View → Aro Confederacy View → Fouta Djallon (Futa Jallon) Fulani Jihad State View → Elem, Ijo city-state of View → Fouta-Toro, or Futa Toro, Fulani Jihad State of View → Fulani Empire View → Nupe, Emirate of the View → Sokoto, Kingdom of View → Macina (Masina), Fulani Jihad State of View → Zaria, Emirate of View → Oyo, Yoruba Kingdom of View →

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Sub-Saharan Africa, Modern View → Fula jihads View →

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Domestic animals View → Slaves View →

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Conflict View → Faith View → Government View → Custom and Law View →

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