326:
than Uthman and his followers. This was because the
Gobirawa, fifty years prior, had sacked the capital of Zamfara and had been regularly raiding the country ever since. The Shaikh was already well known and respected in Zamfara due to his history of teaching and preaching some 35 miles north-east of
327:
Sabon-Gari. He was requested to settle a dispute over the election of a new Sarkin
Zamfara (king of Zamfara). The Muslims soon started to exhaust their welcome in Zamfara. Towards the end of the dry season, they started to run out of food and supplies.
269:
Towards the end of his life, as he grew older, Ali used his sons as his deputies and left them in charge of the army. His most senior son Abu Bakr, acting as commander of the army, was killed in a Battle led by
212:
Ali Jedo was described as "a fiery warrior with a reputation for hot-headedness". An example of his hot-headedness can be attributed to an oral tradition of when he killed a man from
282:, was appointed in 1842, Ali Jedo retired from his position as supreme commander of the army, leaving its management to his sons. Ali Jedo died thirty years after
346:
and brother to the Shaikh, and Ali Jedo. Birnin Kebbi, capital of Kebbi, was captured with its inhabitants fleeing north upriver. The campaign then proceeded to
234:, was successfully captured on 13 April of the same year. This success allowed some of the Muslims of Sokoto to move to Gwandu establishing the
238:
led by
Abdullahi. Not long after the establishment of Gwandu, Shaikh Uthman divided the responsibilities of the Caliphate. He gave the west to
608:
582:
262:'s sword was given to Ali and his descendants at Binji hold in custody as the symbol of the Amir al-jaish al-Islam and District Headship of
603:
274:. Abu Hasan bin Ali Jedo, another son of his, took over this position as acting Amir al-jaish. Shortly after the fourth
613:
618:
471:
275:
169:(died 1846 or 1849), was the first Amir al-jaish al-Islam (supreme commander of the army or Sarkin Yaki) of the
623:
512:
350:
and a permanent settlement was established there. The fertile land at Gwandu allowed the
Muslims to grow food.
209:'s first commander. Jedo's descendants continued to hold that position till the end of the caliphate in 1903.
220:
is said to have refused to see him again. The subsequent
Sultans also had trouble in disciplining Ali Jedo.
147:
318:
and camped there. The
Muslims had allies in and around Sabon-Gari with the Emirs of Marafa, Burmi and
254:
remained under Ali's sphere of influence as he was still recognised as the leader of the Konni Fulbe.
628:
258:
was established by the sons of Ali but he remained in Iname, his old base to the east of Binji. King
322:
to the north and south. Even the inhabitants of
Zamfara, despite being pagans, were more hostile to
343:
339:
279:
251:
239:
223:
198:
178:
124:
111:
69:
338:
and Kebbi but it later became against local towns in
Zamfara. The leaders of this expedition were
406:
387:
578:
418:
379:
295:
216:
who dared enter his home and demand the return of a borrowed horse. Because of this incident,
206:
194:
170:
54:
299:
283:
217:
202:
271:
243:
235:
64:
59:
597:
555:
538:
496:
454:
437:
331:
311:
307:
227:
213:
319:
231:
182:
572:
407:"THE SOKOTO JIHAD AND THE TRANSFORMATION OF POLITICAL COMMUNITIES IN WEST AFRICA"
246:
and the north to Ali Jedo. The northern part of the caliphate reached as far as
197:
during the 19th-century. He already commanded an army with its base in Iname in
174:
315:
422:
383:
303:
247:
391:
367:
347:
335:
323:
263:
259:
255:
286:
in 1846 or seven years after Ali bin Bello's ascension in 1849.
473:
Chieftaincy and
Security in Nigeria Past, Present, and Future
193:
Ali Jedo was among the first to participate in the jihad in
16:
1st supreme commander of the Army of the Sokoto
Caliphate
368:"The Emirate-Type of Government in the Sokoto Caliphate"
513:"Tafkin Kwatto: Tale Of 19th Century Sokoto Jihad Lake"
501:. Internet Archive. Humanities Press. pp. 33–40.
302:
and his followers stayed in the valley to the west of
560:. Internet Archive. Humanities Press. p. 100.
543:. Internet Archive. Humanities Press. p. 156.
143:
138:
130:
117:
107:
102:
88:
76:
50:
32:
21:
459:. Internet Archive. Humanities Press. p. 67.
314:in January and February. They eventually reached
226:and Ali Jedo both led Sokoto's expedition into
173:. Prior to the jihad, he was the leader of the
574:Niger: Les intellectuels, l'état et la société
8:
372:Journal of the Historical Society of Nigeria
201:. He was appointed commander of the army by
405:Sifawa, Prof Attahiru Ahmad (2022-12-25).
18:
358:
7:
490:
488:
486:
306:. In search of food, they continued
577:(in French). CODESRIA. p. 22.
439:The Muhammadan Emirates Of Nigeria
14:
1:
571:Kimba, Idrissa (2017-08-08).
411:Journal of Religious Thoughts
294:After a Muslim defeat in the
35:Supreme Commander of the Army
609:19th-century Nigerian people
645:
160:
156:Battle of Alkalawa (1808)
98:
39:
28:
366:Abubakar, Sa'ad (1974).
154:Battle of Alwassa (1805)
134:Fatima bint Uthman Fodio
148:Battle of Tabkin Kwatto
242:, the east to his son
230:in 1805. The capital,
94:Abu Hasan bin Ali Jedo
33:Amir al-jaish al-Islam
554:Last, Murray (1967).
537:Last, Murray (1967).
495:Last, Murray (1967).
453:Last, Murray (1967).
272:Sultan Abu Bakr Atiku
604:Nigerian Fula people
557:The Sokoto Caliphate
540:The Sokoto Caliphate
498:The Sokoto Caliphate
470:Adamu, Abdalla Uba.
456:The Sokoto Caliphate
334:started out against
330:The expedition into
83:position established
479:. pp. 288–299.
436:S J Hogben (1930).
340:Abdullahi dan Fodio
224:Abdullahi dan Fodio
298:in December 1804,
614:Nigerian warriors
584:978-2-86978-708-7
296:Battle of Tsuntua
164:
163:
636:
619:Sokoto Caliphate
589:
588:
568:
562:
561:
551:
545:
544:
534:
528:
527:
525:
524:
509:
503:
502:
492:
481:
480:
478:
467:
461:
460:
450:
444:
443:
433:
427:
426:
402:
396:
395:
363:
300:Uthman dan Fodio
290:Kebbi expedition
284:Uthman dan Fodio
276:Sultan of Sokoto
207:Sokoto Caliphate
203:Uthman dan Fodio
171:Sokoto Caliphate
152:Kebbi expedition
139:Military service
103:Personal details
91:
79:
72:(1842-1846/1849)
44:
19:
644:
643:
639:
638:
637:
635:
634:
633:
624:Fulani warriors
594:
593:
592:
585:
570:
569:
565:
553:
552:
548:
536:
535:
531:
522:
520:
511:
510:
506:
494:
493:
484:
476:
469:
468:
464:
452:
451:
447:
435:
434:
430:
404:
403:
399:
365:
364:
360:
356:
292:
191:
155:
153:
151:
122:
89:
77:
68:
63:
58:
45:
40:
34:
24:
17:
12:
11:
5:
642:
640:
632:
631:
626:
621:
616:
611:
606:
596:
595:
591:
590:
583:
563:
546:
529:
504:
482:
462:
445:
428:
397:
357:
355:
352:
291:
288:
244:Muhammad Bello
236:Gwandu emirate
190:
187:
181:in modern-day
162:
161:
158:
157:
145:
141:
140:
136:
135:
132:
128:
127:
119:
115:
114:
109:
105:
104:
100:
99:
96:
95:
92:
86:
85:
80:
74:
73:
60:Muhammad Bello
52:
48:
47:
46:1805–1846/1849
37:
36:
30:
29:
26:
25:
22:
15:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
641:
630:
627:
625:
622:
620:
617:
615:
612:
610:
607:
605:
602:
601:
599:
586:
580:
576:
575:
567:
564:
559:
558:
550:
547:
542:
541:
533:
530:
518:
514:
508:
505:
500:
499:
491:
489:
487:
483:
475:
474:
466:
463:
458:
457:
449:
446:
441:
440:
432:
429:
424:
420:
416:
412:
408:
401:
398:
393:
389:
385:
381:
377:
373:
369:
362:
359:
353:
351:
349:
345:
341:
337:
333:
328:
325:
321:
317:
313:
309:
305:
301:
297:
289:
287:
285:
281:
280:Ali bin Bello
277:
273:
267:
266:to this day.
265:
261:
257:
253:
249:
245:
241:
237:
233:
229:
225:
221:
219:
218:Shaikh Uthman
215:
210:
208:
205:becoming the
204:
200:
196:
188:
186:
184:
180:
176:
172:
168:
159:
149:
146:
142:
137:
133:
129:
126:
120:
116:
113:
110:
106:
101:
97:
93:
87:
84:
81:
75:
71:
70:Ali bin Bello
66:
61:
56:
53:
49:
43:
38:
31:
27:
20:
573:
566:
556:
549:
539:
532:
521:. Retrieved
519:. 2016-08-07
516:
507:
497:
472:
465:
455:
448:
438:
431:
414:
410:
400:
375:
371:
361:
344:Grand Vizier
342:, the first
329:
293:
268:
232:Birnin Kebbi
222:
211:
192:
183:Sokoto State
166:
165:
144:Battles/wars
121:1846 or 1849
90:Succeeded by
82:
62:(1817-1837)
41:
629:1846 deaths
517:Daily Trust
78:Preceded by
67:(1837-1842)
57:(1805-1817)
598:Categories
523:2023-06-27
378:(2): 215.
354:References
316:Sabon-Gari
250:and Adar.
423:2957-8957
384:0018-2540
240:Abdullahi
42:In office
417:(2): 3.
392:41857009
304:Alkalawa
248:Filingue
167:Ali Jedo
51:Monarchs
23:Ali Jedo
312:Zamfara
308:upriver
123:Iname,
581:
421:
390:
382:
348:Gwandu
195:Sokoto
150:(1804)
131:Spouse
55:Uthman
477:(PDF)
388:JSTOR
336:Gobir
332:Kebbi
324:Gobir
320:Donko
310:into
264:Binji
260:Yunfa
256:Binji
252:Konni
228:Kebbi
214:Kebbi
199:Konni
179:Konni
175:Fulbe
125:Konni
112:Konni
65:Atiku
579:ISBN
419:ISSN
380:ISSN
189:Life
118:Died
108:Born
177:of
600::
515:.
485:^
413:.
409:.
386:.
374:.
370:.
278:,
185:.
587:.
526:.
442:.
425:.
415:1
394:.
376:7
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.