Information
Name: Sokoto Caliphate
Type: Polity
Nation: sokoto
Start: 1804
End: 1903
Groups:
Fula Jihads Polities
Sokoto Caliphate: All Data
This page is about the data available for this polity, the chronology of the events of the polity is available here.
The Sokoto Caliphate was a sovereign Sunni Muslim caliphate in West Africa that was founded during the jihad of the Fulani War in 1804 by Usman dan Fodio. In 1903 it was conquered and partitioned by the Great Britain and the German Empire.
