Sokoto Caliphate Maalik Cooper & Mason Tarlton, Period 1-2

Historical Context The Event

Early in the 1800’s, the Sokoto Established slave trade as
Caliphate was founded in what is
means of economic growth.
now northern Nigeria. The Islamic
reformer Usman dan Fodio, who During this time the british
strove to uphold the integrity of Islam was trying to stop their
growth. The british navy

Sokoto Caliphate
and oppose what he saw as state
corruption became the leader. One attempted to intercept ships
important factor in uniting the various of sokoto caliphate and
Hausa states under a single Islamic they freed the enslaved
authority was the Caliphate. As a
result of Usman dan Fodio's had
people and relocated them
against the ruling class, Sokoto to their new colony sierra
became the capital of a unified Leone. They was subdued
Islamic state. Islam in West Africa in 1903 when british made
developed as a result of the Sokoto it part of their colony in
Caliphates long-lasting influence on Nigeria.
the political and religious climate of
the area.

Outcomes

After ist leader Sultan Muhammad was defeated in the Battle of Burmi, the
british colonial authorities dissolved the Sokoto Caliphate, which had been
founded in what is now Nigeria. As a result the Sokoto Caliphate ceased to exist
and the area was absorbed as british colonial government.