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El Califato de Sokoto fue un califato independiente islámico suní en África Occidental que fue fundado durante la yihad de la Guerra Fulaní en 1804 por Usman dan Fodio. [1] Los límites del califato se extendía por los actuales Camerún , Burkina Faso , Níger y Nigeria .
Sokoto es una ciudad del noroeste de Nigeria que cuenta con una población de 601.893 habitantes (2007). Está ubicada a lo largo del río Sokoto en una tradicional ruta de caravanas que lleva al norte a través del Sahara. Fue la capital del imperio Fulani .
As of 2006, it has a population of over 427,760. Sokoto is the modern-day capital of Sokoto State and was previously the capital of the north-western states. Modern Sokoto is known for trading sheepskins, cattle hides, leather crafts (a significant export), kola nuts and goatskins.
The Sokoto Caliphate (Arabic: دولة الخلافة في بلاد السودان), also known as the Sultanate of Sokoto, was a Sunni Muslim caliphate in West Africa. It was founded by Usman dan Fodio in 1804 during the Fulani jihads after defeating the Hausa Kingdoms in the Fulani War.
Sokoto, the capital and largest town in Sokoto state, northwestern Nigeria. It lies along the Sokoto (Kebbi) River and is on a traditional caravan route that leads northward across the Sahara desert. The town was the capital of the Fulani empire. Read more about Sokoto here.
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The Sokoto Caliphate, prior to 1964 generally referred to in print as the Fulani Empire, was Africa’s largest pre-colonial state and lasted for a century, coming into being in 1808 through a four-year jihad and finally in 1903 being conquered by Britain. As an Islamic state, it was run as a decentralized confederation of emirates under the ...
Sokoto, state, northwestern Nigeria. Bordering the Republic of Niger to the north, it also shares boundaries with Kebbi state to the west and south, and Zamfara to the south and east. Sokoto state occupies an area of short-grass savanna vegetation in the south and thorn scrub in the north.
