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Uthman Dan Fodio
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1754–1817 · founder of the Sokoto Caliphate

Also known as: Usman dan Fodio, Dan Fodio Shehu, Fodio, Niger, Osman dan Fodio, Shaikh Usman Ibn Fodio

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  • Īqāẓ himam ūlī al-abṣār
  • Īqāẓ himam ulā al-abṣār lil-iqtidāʾ bi-sayyid al-muhājirīn wa-al-anṣār wa-taḥdhīrihim ʻan al-ibtidāʾ al-shāʾiʻ fī al-qurā wa-al-amṣār min taqlīd al-madhāhib maʻa al-ḥamīyah wa-al-ʻaṣabīyah bayna fuqahāʾ al-aʻṣār
  • Iḥyāʾ al-sunnah wa-ikhmād al-bidʻah
  • Zaɓaɓɓun littattaffai na Shehu Usumanu Ɗan Fodiyo
  • وصية الشيخ عثمان بن فودي