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Sokoto Caliphate consolidates emirate rule
After the jihad, the Sokoto Caliphate organized a network of emirates under religious and political authority.
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1808
Sokoto Caliphate consolidates emirate rule
After the jihad, the Sokoto Caliphate organized a network of emirates under religious and political authority.
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After the jihad, the Sokoto Caliphate organized a network of emirates under religious and political authority. This structure became the major northern system later incorporated into British indirect rule.
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