Jihad of Usman dan Fodio

Jihad of Usman dan Fodio
	Part of the Fula jihads
	; The Sokoto Caliphate and its neighbours in 1870, established after the jihad led by Usman dan Fodiyo.
Date	February 21, 1804 – 1808
Location	Present day Nigeria and Cameroon
Result	Sokoto victory Establishment of the Sokoto Caliphate;
Belligerents
Sokoto Caliphate; Support:; Sultanate of Aïr	Hausa Kingdoms Gobir; Katsina; Kano; Biram; Daura; Zazzau; Kebbi; And others...; Kanem-Bornu; Oyo Empire; Support:; Various Tuareg groups, including Kel Gres, Itesen and Kel Tegama
Commanders and leaders
Usman dan Fodio; Abdullahi dan Fodio; Muhammad Bello; Ali Jedo; Abd al-Salam; Sulaimanu; Umaru Dallaji; Modibo Adama; Buba Yero; Yaqubu dan Dadi; Muhammad Bukhari; Other mostly Fulani generals;	Sarkin Gobir Yunfa †; Muhammad al-Kanemi; Dunama IX Lefiami; Magajin Halidu (Suicide); Muhammad Alwali II †; Musa II; 'Abdu dan Tsoho †; Muhammad Makau; Muhammad Hodi; Other kings and generals;

The Jihad of Usman dan Fodio (Hausa: Jihadin Usman dan Fodio; Listen^ⓘListen^ⓘ) was a religio-military conflict in present-day Nigeria and Cameroon. The war began when Usman dan Fodio, a prominent Islamic scholar and teacher, was exiled from Gobir by King Yunfa, one of his former students.

Usman dan Fodio assembled an Islamic army to lead a jihad against Gobir and other Hausa Kingdoms of northern Nigeria. The forces of Usman dan Fodio slowly took over more and more of the Hausa kingdoms, capturing Gobir in 1808 and executing Yunfa. The war resulted in the creation of the Sokoto Caliphate, initially headed by Usman dan Fodio himself, which became one of the largest states in Africa in the 19th century. His success inspired similar jihads in Western Africa.