Jihad of Usman dan Fodio

Jihad of Usman dan Fodio
Part of the Fula jihads
The Sokoto Sultanate (Sokoto Empire) in the reign of sultan Ahmadu Rufai, established after the Jihad led by Shaikh Usman bin Fodiyo.
Date February 21, 1804 – 1808 Location Present day Nigeria and Cameroon Result Sokoto victory Establishment of the Sokoto Caliphate
Belligerents
Sokoto Caliphate Support: Kel Ayr	Hausa Kingdoms Gobir Katsina Sultanate of Kano Biram Daura Emirate Zazzau Kebbi Emirate And others... Kanem-Bornu
Commanders and leaders
Usman dan Fodio Muhammad Bello Abdullahi dan Fodio Ali Jedo Abd al-Salam (Hausa) Umaru al-Kammu Malam `Umaru Dallaji Sulaymanu dan Abahama Other Fulani generals	Sarkin Gobir Yunfa † Muhammad al-Kanemi Magajin Halidu (Suicide) Muhammad Alwali II † Musa II 'Abdu dan Tsoho † Muhammad Makau Muhammad Hodi Other Hausa kings and generals

The Jihad of Usman dan Fodio was a religio-military conflict in present-day Nigeria and Cameroon. The war began when Usman dan Fodio, a prominent Islamic scholar and teacher, was exiled from Gobir by King Yunfa, one of his former students.^[1]

Usman dan Fodio assembled an Islamic army to lead a jihad against Gobir and other Hausa Kingdoms of northern Nigeria. The forces of Usman dan Fodio slowly took over more and more of the Hausa kingdoms, capturing Gobir in 1808 and executing Yunfa. The war resulted in the creation of the Sokoto Caliphate, initially headed by Usman dan Fodio himself, which became one of the largest states in Africa in the 19th century. His success inspired similar jihads in Western Africa.