The Islamic state and the challenge of history: ideals, policies, and operation of the Sokoto Caliphate

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Title:	The Islamic state and the challenge of history: ideals, policies, and operation of the Sokoto Caliphate
Author:	Sulaiman, Ibraheem
Year:	1987
Pages:	155
Language:	English
Series:	East-West University Islamic studies
City of publisher:	London; New York
Publisher:	Mansell
ISBN:	0720118573
Geographic term:	Northern Nigeria
Subjects:	Sokoto polity traditional rulers history traditional polities
About persons:	Usumanu Dan Fodio (1754-1817) Muhammad Bello (1781-1837)
Abstract:	The Sokoto Caliphate of Nigeria was established around 1803. With the death of its founding father, Shehu Usman Dan Fodio (1754-1817), it entered upon a new phase, lasting until 1837, in which it was nurtured into an Islamic State and a centre of gravity for Islam in West Africa and beyond. The author is mainly concerned with the ideals that nourished the Caliphate, enabling it to grow from the city-state of Gobir into a West African super-state, as well as with the architect of it all, amir al-muminin Muhammad Bello.