Abdullahi dan Fodio

Abdullahi ɗan Fodio
عبد الله بن فودي
Emir of Gwandu
Reign1812–8 July 1829
PredecessorPosition established
SuccessorMuhammad Wani
Waziri of Sokoto
In office1804 – 22 April 1817
PredecessorPosition established
SuccessorGidado ɗan Laima
BornAbdullah b. Muhammad
5 November c. 1766 (1180 AH)
Maganimi, Gobir (in present-day Nigeria)
Died8 July 1829(1829-07-08) (aged 62)
Burial
Wives
  • Inna Hawwa
  • Aya
  • Jenne
  • Fatima
Issue21 children, including:
Temple name
Hubbare Abdullahi (Tomb of Abdullahi) in Gwandu, Kebbi state
FamilyFodiawa
FatherMuhammadu Fodio
MotherHauwa bnt Muhammad
Arabic name
Patronymic (Nasab)Abdullah b. Muhammad b. Uthman b. Salih b. Harun b. Gurdo b. Jabbo b. Muhammad Sambo b. Ayyub b. Masiran b. Buba Baba b. Musa Jakollo
Religious life
ReligionIslam
DenominationSunni
JurisprudenceMaliki
TariqaQadiri
CreedAsh'ari

Abdullahi ɗan Fodio (Arabic: عبد الله بن فودي, romanizedʿAbd Allāh ibn Fūdī; ca. 1766–1828), was a prominent Islamic scholar, jurist, poet, grammarian, and theologian, and the first Amir of Gwandu (r. 1812–1828) and first Wazirin Sokoto (Grand Vizier of Sokoto). His brother, Usman dan Fodio (1754–1817) was the founder of the Sokoto Caliphate. Usman, being more of a scholar than politician, delegated the practical regency of the western part of his empire to Abdullahi and the eastern part to his son Muhammed Bello, who later became the Sultan of Sokoto after his father.