Muhammadu Attahiru I
The twelfth Sultan of the Sokoto Caliphate in West Africa, reigning from October 1902 to March 1903, and the last independent Sultan of Sokoto before the British takeover. He refused submission, left Sokoto on what he called a hijra to prepare for the coming of the Mahdi, and was killed at the battle of Mbormi in July 1903.
Reign · Sokoto Caliphate · no. 12 in the chain · 1902–1903 CE
Ruled the caliphate
Events of the reign
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Battle of Burmi (1903)
Draft card for Battle of Burmi (1903); its sources are not yet checked on the page.
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Battle of Kano
Draft card for the Battle of Kano in 1903, the British capture of Kano Emirate in the Sokoto Caliphate; its sources are not yet checked on the page.
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Battle of Kwatarkwashi (1903)
Draft card for the Battle of Kwatarkwashi in 1903, part of the Sokoto resistance to the British invasion; its sources are not yet checked on the page.
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Battle of Sokoto (1903)
Draft card for Battle of Sokoto (1903); its sources are not yet checked on the page.