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The Sokoto Caliphate was a loose confederation of emirates that recognized the suzerainty of the Amir al-Mu'minin. 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 Cameroon, Burkina Faso, Niger, and Nigeria.

According to historian Mahmud Modibbo Tukur, 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 Adamawa (Fombina), located in modern-day Cameroon, which is estimated to cover over 100,000 square kilometers.

At the end of the 19th-century, the Caliphate comprised 30 emirates, excluding its twin capitals of Gwandu and Sokoto. Some of these emirates had autonomous sub-emirates under them, with Adamawa having the most, numbering over 40.

According to Yusufu Bala Usman, the emirates were:

References

1. "Usman dan Fodio and the Sokoto Caliphate". countrystudies.us. Retrieved 2023-04-22.
2. "The Sokoto Caliphate". Retrieved 2023-04-22.
3. Lofkrantz, Jennifer (2012). "Intellectual Discourse in the Sokoto Caliphate: The Triumvirate's Opinions on the Issue of Ransoming, ca. 1810". The International Journal of African Historical Studies. 45 (3): 385–401. ISSN 0361-7882. JSTOR 24393055.
4. ^ Lovejoy, Paul E. (2016). Jihād in West Africa during the Age of Revolutions. Internet Archive. Athens : Ohio University Press. pp. 259–260. ISBN 978-0-8214-2240-3.

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