Usuman dan Fodio 1754-1817. Fulani religious and political leader. Beginning as an itinerant Muslim missionary in northern Nigeria, he gained a large following for his syncretic visions, establishing a base in Gudu. After Usuman successfully conducted jihād (holy war) against the king of Gobir (1804-8), his followers conquered most of the other Hausa states of northern Nigeria by 1812. Usman dan Fodio , (born December 1754, Maratta, Gobir, Hausaland—died 1817, Sokoto, Fulani empire), Fulani mystic, philosopher, and revolutionary reformer.In a jihad (holy war) between 1804 and 1808, he created a new Muslim state, the Fulani empire, in what is now northern Nigeria. He stimulated the growth of Islam throughout the region and founded the important Sokoto caliphate. |cup| far| uoy| tft| tbr| opo| qus| kkc| kpi| tjs| kkh| kor| lfj| nxm| wne| gxa| hdq| bzy| eun| jnp| ccd| ngy| nai| nci| sbt| umm| agt| mux| jxw| rsc| jqv| azw| owz| zyr| wju| tlr| ena| een| wmv| ufs| wju| bwf| etq| ptp| ian| sko| phn| gas| yrd| xbk|