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| Sokoto Caliphate..... A Brief History Of The Fulani Empire by introvertedsoul: 11:59am On Jul 21, 2018 |
This would have been a lengthy post, so I decided to break it into segments for ease of reading. Please pay keen attention to the redenned bits. Background Shaihu Usman dan Fodio, born Usuman ɓii Foduye, (also referred to as Arabic: عثمان بن فودي, Shaikh Usman Ibn Fodio, Shehu Uthman Dan Fuduye, Shehu Usman dan Fodio or Shaikh Uthman Ibn Fodio) Born: 15 December 1754, Senegal – 20 April 1817, Sokoto [5] was a religious teacher, writer and Islamic promoter, and the founder of the Sokoto Caliphate. Dan Fodio was one of a class of urbanized ethnic Fulani living in the Hausa States in what is today northern Nigeria. He was a leader who followed the Sunni Maliki school of Jurisprudence and the Qadiri branch of Sufism.[6]. A teacher of the Maliki school of law, he lived in the city-state of Gobir until 1802 when, motivated by his reformist ideas and suffering increasing repression by local authorities, he led his followers into exile. This exile began a political and social revolution which spread from Gobir throughout modern Nigeria and Cameroon, and was echoed in a jihad movement led by the Fula ethnic group across West Africa. Dan Fodio declined much of the pomp of rulership, and while developing contacts with religious reformists and jihad leaders across Africa. The Kanem-Bornu Empire had been in decline in the area from the mid-18th century. The result was the rise of a number of independent Hausa kingdoms throughout the region. Two prominent Hausa kingdoms were Gobir and Zamfara. However, warfare between the Hausa states and with other states were constant for the latter 18th century, resulting in a harsh system of conscription and taxation.[1] The Fulani, a largely pastoral people (Nomads), were often the victims of Hausa taxation, land control, and other discriminatory practices.[2] My take: Every word emboldened above suggests, the Hausas at the time owned the lands and were taxing the Fulani nomads (guests) for grazing on Hausa lands. 2 Likes 2 Shares |
| Re: Sokoto Caliphate..... A Brief History Of The Fulani Empire by introvertedsoul: 12:00pm On Jul 21, 2018 |
Lead up to war Usman dan Fodio, joined a growing number of traveling Islamic scholars through the Hausa kingdoms in the 1770s and became quite popular in the 1790s.[1] Originally, dan Fodio's preaching received the support of the leadership of Gobir; however, as his influence increased and as he began to advocate for self-defense arming by his followers, his favor with the leadership decreased. Sarkin Gobir Nafata, the king of Gobir, placed a series of restrictions on dan Fodio's preaching.[1] In 1801, Sarkin Gobir Yunfa, a former pupil of dan Fodio, replaced Nafata as king of Gobir. However, Yunfa increased the restrictions on dan Fodio and exiled him from Gobir to the village of Degel. My take: I am not sure what to make of this, but I am confused as to why anyone will call for his followers to arm their selves, in an otherwise peaceful environment, especially considering the fact that he was a GUEST to the host community. 1 Like 1 Share |
| Re: Sokoto Caliphate..... A Brief History Of The Fulani Empire by introvertedsoul: 12:00pm On Jul 21, 2018 |
The Fulani Jihad Sokoto Caliphate, 19th century Uthman Dan Fodio's appeal to justice and morality rallied the outcasts of Hausa society. He found his followers among the Fulbe (a Fula tribe and Fulani. The Fulbe and Fulani were primarily cattle pastoralists. These pastoralist communities were led by the clerics living in rural communities who were Fulfude speakers and closely connected to the pastoralists. The Fulani would later hold the most important offices of the new states. Usman dan Fodio was proclaimed Amir al-Muminin or Commander of the Faithful in Gudu. This made him a political as well as religious leader, giving him the authority to declare and pursue a jihad, raise an army and become its commander. A widespread uprising began in Hausaland. This uprising was largely composed of the Fulani, who held a powerful military advantage with their cavalry At the time of the war Fulani communications were carried along trade routes and rivers draining into the Niger-Benue valley, as well as the delta and the lagoons. The call for jihad reached not only other Hausa states such as Kano, Daura, Katsina, and Zaria, but also Borno, Gombe, Adamawa, Nupe, and Ilorin. These were all places with major or minor groups of Fulani alims (Men "studying" Islam). By 1808 Uthman had defeated the rulers of Gobir, Kano, Katsina, and other Hausa Kingdoms. He expanded territory south of Lake Chad and into Nupe and Yorubaland as far as the forest zone.[18] After only a few years of the Fulani War, Dan Fodio found himself in command of the largest state in Africa, the Fulani Empire. His son Muhammed Bello and his brother Abdullahi carried on the jihad and took care of the administration. Dan Fodio worked to establish an efficient government grounded in Islamic law. After 1811, Usman retired and continued writing about the righteous conduct of the Muslim religion. After his death in 1817, his son, Muhammed Bello, succeeded his as amir al-mu’minin and became the ruler of the Sokoto Caliphate, which was the biggest state south of the Sahara at that time. Usman’s brother Abdullahi was given the title Emir of Gwandu and was placed in charge of the Western Emirates, Nupe and Ilorin. Thus all Hausa states, parts of Nupe and Ilorin, and Fulani outposts in Bauchi and Adamawa were all ruled by a single politico-religious system. By 1830 the jihad had engulfed most of what are now northern Nigeria and the northern Cameroons. From the time of Usman dan Fodio to the British conquest at the beginning of the twentieth century there were twelve caliphs. The Sokoto Caliphate was a combination of an Islamic state and a modified Hausa monarchy. Muhammed Bello introduced Islamic administration, Muslim judges, market inspectors, and prayer leaders were appointed, and an Islamic tax and land system was instituted with revenues on the land considered kharaj and the fees levied on individual subjects called jizya, as in classical Islamic times. The Fulani cattle-herding nomads were sedentarized and converted to sheep and goat raising as part of an effort to bring them under the rule of Muslim law. Mosques and Madrassahs were built to teach the populace Islam. The state patronized large numbers of religious scholars or mallams. Sufism became widespred. Arabic, Hausa, and Fulfulde languages saw a revival of poetry and Islam was taught in Hausa and Fulfide.[19] https://www.britannica.com/biography/Usman-dan-Fodio https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fula_jihads https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fulani_War 2 Likes 1 Share |
| Re: Sokoto Caliphate..... A Brief History Of The Fulani Empire by IslamicRebel: 12:02pm On Jul 21, 2018 |
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| Re: Sokoto Caliphate..... A Brief History Of The Fulani Empire by Nobody: 12:06pm On Jul 21, 2018 |
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| Re: Sokoto Caliphate..... A Brief History Of The Fulani Empire by BabaRamota1980: 12:09pm On Jul 21, 2018 |
Dan Fodio was a ritualist and a terrorist. If bokoharam succeeds, 100yrs from now their doctrines would be cleaned up and given legitimacy as a noble cause. Dan Fodio history is best told by this guy...Imperial Yoruba. Hey Imperial come o, sign in quick, Fulani people want to make you an Emir.  1 Like |
| Re: Sokoto Caliphate..... A Brief History Of The Fulani Empire by phreakabitoo: 12:12pm On Jul 21, 2018 |
introvertedsoul: introvertedsoul: introvertedsoul: This happens to be the most important bit for me. Reading through this article, it is very easy to deduce the Fulani modus operandi. They come in en mass as guests and overtime build a formidable population, just before they strike. This is why I am pretty wary of the proposed Fulani camps AKA ranches all-over the country.A similar event to buttress my point can be seen in what transpired between Afonja and Alimi, after the latter helped him in his rebellion against the Oyo empire, as seen below. Historical sources, tracing the story to the 19th Century, said Ilorin of today was founded by Afonja, the then Aare Ona Kakanfo (Generalisimo) to Alaafin of old Oyo (Oyo Ile), who used the town as his military outpost. It was this outpost that he carried out his war expeditions for the Alaafin. In the usual nomadic wandering, Alimi arrived Ilorin and was hosted by Afonja. Soon after Alimi took Ilorin as his place of abode, a rift broke out between Alaafin and Afonja. When the disagreement reached the climax and the two had to take up arms, Afonja, out of regard for Alimi's spiritual and military prowess, sought his support. Alimi helped in mobilising an army in support of Afonja leading to victory over Alaafin. The defeat led the then Alaafin migrating from old Oyo to the site now called Oyo. After the war, Alimi became a teacher to Afonja's children as the latter wanted his offsprings to learn the secret of power. When both died, Alimi's son, Abdulsalami, inherited his father's duty of teaching Afonja's children. When the idea of appointing somebody to head the village came, the eldest child of Afonja wanted to have the position but met opposition from Abdulsalami who had military support from his fellow Fulani kinsmen. Abdulsalami ultimately became the ruler of what is now called Ilorin around 1831. 2 Likes 1 Share |
| Re: Sokoto Caliphate..... A Brief History Of The Fulani Empire by citizenY(m): 12:14pm On Jul 21, 2018 |
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| Re: Sokoto Caliphate..... A Brief History Of The Fulani Empire by ozoebuka1(m): 12:15pm On Jul 21, 2018 |
BabaRamota1980:You sabi... Nigeria is a scam and country that does take history seriously is a scam... So many things stay hidden and distorted. Smh 1 Like |
| Re: Sokoto Caliphate..... A Brief History Of The Fulani Empire by Mrchippychappy(m): 12:18pm On Jul 21, 2018 |
introvertedsoul: His followers were mostly cattle pastoralists = Herdsmen! introvertedsoul: Communications for the impending Jihad was passed to places with Major or Minor Fulani groups, getting them ready for the Jihad, in other words settlements of fulani's, in other words = COLONY! Now where have we heard these words before? This is a brilliant and very informative write up. lalasticlala abeg front page information here. Everyone should come and read this. History seems to be repeating itself right in front of our very eyes! 2 Likes 1 Share |
| Re: Sokoto Caliphate..... A Brief History Of The Fulani Empire by EazyMoh(m): 12:27pm On Jul 21, 2018 |
Let's see this, an Nyamiri trying to tell other people's history. Have you created a thread on brief history of ala igbo? 1 Like |
| Re: Sokoto Caliphate..... A Brief History Of The Fulani Empire by phreakabitoo: 12:28pm On Jul 21, 2018 |
Timeline: First travelled through the HAUSA STATES 1770s Gained widespread popularity, and started clamouring for arming, and "self-defense" 1790s Led his followers into exile, to start a political and social revolution (Jihad) 1802 Had established the Fulani empire on conquered/ stolen land 1808 Unrelated : Abdulsalami (Son of Jinnata aka Alimi, who was a nomadic herdsman from Niger republic, settling in Ilorin), took power from Afonja's family in Ilorin 1831... Like I stated earlier, Fulani modus operandi : Migrate, populate and the subdue. 2 Likes |
| Re: Sokoto Caliphate..... A Brief History Of The Fulani Empire by Nobody: 12:46pm On Jul 21, 2018 |
FOOL + ANI = ? |
| Re: Sokoto Caliphate..... A Brief History Of The Fulani Empire by Nobody: 1:02pm On Jul 21, 2018 |
This is where the problems of this fake union called nigeria actually started from. Later one british idiot called Lugard came and worsened things... 1 Like |
| Re: Sokoto Caliphate..... A Brief History Of The Fulani Empire by phreakabitoo: 1:03pm On Jul 21, 2018 |
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| Re: Sokoto Caliphate..... A Brief History Of The Fulani Empire by phreakabitoo: 1:09pm On Jul 21, 2018 |
EazyMoh: But his account, is pretty accurate and he cited sources. Does this mean that you guys are trying to do the same thing now in the Middle Belt? I mean migrate there and then steal their land? |
| Re: Sokoto Caliphate..... A Brief History Of The Fulani Empire by BrownRoofRep: 1:33pm On Jul 21, 2018 |
Futa Jallon terrorists are always thorns to the skin of Africans. The most notorious one today is sitting at Aso Rock, organizing his footsoldiers to commit various degrees of atrocities. 1 Like |
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