Fodiawa (Family : West Africa)
The Fodiawa were members of the Torobbe clan of the Fulani, who emigrated from the region of Futa Toro (modern-day Senegambia) in the seventeenth century. They settled in the Hausa state of Gobir where they became well-known for Islamic learning. In 1804 they led a jihad against the Hausa States, establishing what we know today as the Sokoto Caliphate. Usman dan Fodio, his brother Abdullahi and his son, Muhammad Bello, authored hundreds of texts in Arabic, Fulfulde and Hausa. Their descendants continued to rule Sokoto until the British annexation of Northern Nigeria in 1903 and remain important political figures in Nigeria today.
- HMML ID
- 811517712999
- PURL
- LC name
- Fodiawa (Family : West Africa)
- HMML name
- Fodiawa (Family : West Africa)
- HMML native script
- آل فودى
Variants
- Fodio
Family information
- Begin date
- 1790~
- Centuries
- 18th century CE ● 19th century CE ● 20th century CE ● 21st century CE
- Associated countries
- Associated locations
- Associated titles
- Amīr al-muʼminīn
- Associates
Family members
- Family members
Preferred citation
"Fodiawa (Family : West Africa)." HMML Authority File. Hill Museum & Manuscript Library. Last modified October 12, 2021. https://w3id.org/haf/family/811517712999
Change notes
- Date added
- 2021-10-06
- Last edited
- 2021-10-12
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