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...

former Sokoto Caliphate, the city is predominantly Muslim and an important seat of Islamic learning in Nigeria. The Sultan who heads the caliphate is effectively...

Sokoto is the hereditary leader of the Sokoto Caliphate, a Sunni Muslim community in West Africa. The position may also be referred to as the 'Sokoto...

The Sokoto Caliphate was a loose confederation of emirates that recognized the suzerainty of the Amir al-Mu'minin. The caliphate was established in 1809...

former Sokoto Caliphate, the city is predominantly Muslim and an important seat of Islamic learning in Nigeria. The Sultan who heads the caliphate is effectively...

secular office of sultan but not the spiritual office of caliph. The Sokoto Caliphate was an Islamic state in what is now Nigeria led by Usman dan Fodio...

Preceded by the Sokoto Caliphate, the council was formed in 1903 after the British pacification of the caliphate. The Sultan of Sokoto serves as the supreme...

was the son and primary aide to Usman dan Fodio, the founder of the Sokoto Caliphate and the first caliph. During his reign, he encouraged the spread of...

occupied by the Sokoto Caliphate, which includes what is now southern Niger and northern Nigeria (such as Adamawa, Tahoua, Katsina, Sokoto, Kebbi, Zinder...

known as the caliphate. Caliphs led the Muslim Ummah as political successors to the Islamic prophet Muhammad, and widely-recognised caliphates have existed...