Jihad of Usman dan Fodio

Military conflict in Nigeria and Cameroon (1804–1808)

The Jihad of Usman dan Fodio (Hausa: Jihadin Usman dan Fodio;) 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.

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