Sokoto Caliphate
خلافة صكتو
1804 CE · 1219 AH† – 1903 CE · 1321 AH† †
† Hijri date derived by computation from the Gregorian/Julian date; it may differ from the transmitted date by a day or two.
A caliphate established in 1804 CE and ended in 1903 CE.
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- Era
- The Colonial Era
- Region
- West Africa & Sahel
- Identifiers
- Wikidata
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islam.museum contributors. “Sokoto Caliphate”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/polity/sokoto-caliphate/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-12.