Life history of abdullahi dan fodio
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Abdullahi dan Fodio
Islamic scholar and first Emir of Gwandu
Abdullahi ɗan Fodiopronunciationⓘ (Arabic: عبد الله بن فودي, romanized: ʿAbd Allāh ibn Fūdī; ca.
1766–1828), was a prominent Islamic scholar, jurist, poet and theologian, and the first Amir of Gwandu (r. 1812–1828) and first Grand Vizier of Sokoto.
Biography of abdullahi dan fodio
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.[1]
Early life
Abdullahi was born in 1766 in a small village called Maganimi.
Unlike his brother and other members of his family, who were of "sparse physique" and lighter-skinned, he was described as being "tall, fat and black".[2]: 21 His father, Muhammad bin Uthman, was given the nickname Foduye (later Fodio),