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Sokoto Caliphate (Wikipedia)

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Wikipedia's article on the Sokoto Caliphate, community-edited. Reliable for the jihad's start, 21 February 1804, when Sultan Yunfa of Gobir declared war on the Fulani cleric Usman dan Fodio, and for the campaign's course through 1808, taking Katsina and Daura, Kano in 1807 and Gobir itself in 1809, establishing an Islamic state that by the 1830s stretched from modern Burkina Faso to Cameroon across more than thirty emirates. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Citation
Author
Wikipedia contributors
Publisher
Wikipedia
Publication Year
2026
URL
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sokoto_Caliphate
Source Type
reference
Assessment
Reliability Tier
3
Community-edited reference page, tier 3. Used for the settled 1804 to 1808 jihad dates, both given precisely in the article's own text.
Notes
Used for the 1804 to 1808 jihad that founded the Sokoto Caliphate.
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Burkina Faso, Countries

This source names Burkina Faso directly: "by the 1830s stretched from modern Burkina Faso to Cameroon across more than thirty emirates."

Source Sokoto Caliphate (Wikipedia)Wikipedia contributors
Cameroon, Countries

This source names Cameroon directly: "stretched from modern Burkina Faso to Cameroon across more than thirty emirates."

Source Sokoto Caliphate (Wikipedia)Wikipedia contributors
Uthman, Figures

This source names Uthman directly: "declared war on the Fulani cleric Usman dan Fodio, and for the campaign's course through 1808, taking Katsina and Daura, Kano in 1807 and Gobir itself in 1809, establishing an Islamic state that by..."

Source Sokoto Caliphate (Wikipedia)Wikipedia contributors
Claims Backed By This Source (30 claims)

This source backs 30 claims across the atlas. As facts: 16 well-attested. As cited relationships: 11 holds, 1 connected. Plus 2 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

Disposition By Topic

  • Spread Events, 13 claims: 4 well-attested, 8 holds, 1 general references.
  • Sources, 11 claims: 8 well-attested, 3 holds.
  • Articles, 6 claims: 4 well-attested, 1 connected, 1 general references.
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