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Fulani Jihad / Sokoto Caliphate

1804 CE – 1808 CE · 4 years

Usman dan Fodio led a Fulani jihad against the Hausa kingdoms of northern Nigeria, creating the Sokoto Caliphate — the largest state in Africa at the time and one of the most powerful Islamic empires of the 19th century.

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Belligerents

The main peoples, kingdoms and states involved.

  • Fulani Muslim reformers (Usman dan Fodio)
  • Hausa city-states

Key moments

Defining events in the Fulani Jihad / Sokoto Caliphate.

  1. 1804 Battle of Tabkin Kwotto
  2. 1808 Fall of Gobir
  3. 1807 Conquest of Kano

Elsewhere in Africa at the time

Records whose own span overlaps this one, found by the same test the canvas draws with. The bar under each card is where it sits inside this one.

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Taï National Park

3000 BCE – still standing

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Atlantic Middle Passage

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Rwenzori Mountains

3000 BCE – still standing

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Ghana

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First Barbary War

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Landmark · Africa

Serengeti National Park

3000 BCE – still standing

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 1804 CE and 1808 CE.

1804 CE Russo-Persian Wars 1805 CE Battle of Trafalgar 1805 CE Battle of Austerlitz 1807 CE Peninsular War 1807 CE Musket Wars

And in the rest of the world

Records running through the same years, on the other side of the map.

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