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Emirates of the Sokoto Caliphate

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86: 74: 709: 766: 51:, by the turn of the 20th-century, the Sokoto Caliphate covered an area of about 150,000 square miles (388,500 square kilometers), not including parts of 28:. The caliphate was established in 1809 and later became the largest pre-colonial African state. The boundaries of the caliphate are part of present-day 846: 807: 750: 691: 841: 681: 800: 743: 70:. Some of these emirates had autonomous sub-emirates under them, with Adamawa having the most, numbering over 40. 640:"Intellectual Discourse in the Sokoto Caliphate: The Triumvirate's Opinions on the Issue of Ransoming, ca. 1810" 85: 831: 270: 826: 793: 284: 736: 428: 184: 177: 48: 514: 456: 62:
At the end of the 19th-century, the Caliphate comprised 30 emirates, excluding its twin capitals of
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Map showing the westernmost area of the Caliphate which was governed by Gwandu
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The International Journal of African Historical Studies
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Index

Sokoto Caliphate
emirates
Amir al-Mu'minin
Cameroon
Burkina Faso
Niger
Nigeria
Mahmud Modibbo Tukur
Adamawa
Cameroon
Gwandu
Sokoto

Ahmadu Rufai

Yusufu Bala Usman
Adamawa Emirate
Yola
Agaie Emirate
Agaie
Bauchi Emirate
Bauchi
Bida Emirate
Bida
Birnin-Gaoure
Birni N'Gaouré
Daura Emirate
Daura
Gombe Emirate
Gombe

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