Muhammad Yunfa: The King Who Tried to Stop Usman ɗan Fodio – And Lost a Kingdom

Muhammad Yunfa: The King Who Tried to Stop Usman ɗan Fodio – And Lost a Kingdom

ByMuhammad Halliru

Muhammad Yunfa: The King Who Tried to Stop Usman ɗan Fodio – And Lost a Kingdom Muhammad Yunfa ibn Nafata, widely known as Sarkin Gobir, was the ruler of the Gobir Kingdom in Hausaland from around 1801 to 1808. Born into the royal family of Gobir and the son of Sarki Nafata, Yunfa rose to…

Shehu Usman Dan Fodio: The Islamic Scholar Who Founded the Sokoto Caliphate (1754–1817)

Shehu Usman Dan Fodio: The Islamic Scholar Who Founded the Sokoto Caliphate (1754–1817)

ByMuhammad Halliru

Shehu Usman Dan Fodio: The Islamic Scholar Who Founded the Sokoto Caliphate (1754–1817) Shehu Usman Dan Fodio, born in December 1754 in Maratta, Gobir (present-day northern Nigeria), was a prominent Fulani Islamic scholar, philosopher, and spiritual reformer. Between 1804 and 1808, he led a major Islamic revolution, often referred to as a jihad, that resulted…