The Sokoto Grand Vizier, or Wazirin Sokoto, was the
Grand Vizier
Grand vizier ( fa, وزيرِ اعظم, vazîr-i aʾzam; ota, صدر اعظم, sadr-ı aʾzam; tr, sadrazam) was the title of the effective head of government of many sovereign states in the Islamic world. The office of Grand Vizier was first ...
to the
Sultan of Sokoto
Sultan (; ar, سلطان ', ) is a position with several historical meanings. Originally, it was an Arabic abstract noun meaning "strength", "authority", "rulership", derived from the verbal noun ', meaning "authority" or "power". Later, it ...
, the
Paramount Chief
A paramount chief is the English-language designation for the highest-level political leader in a regional or local polity or country administered politically with a chief-based system. This term is used occasionally in anthropological and arch ...
of the Sokoto Caliphate and suzerain of the Usman Danfodiyo
Jihad state
Jihad (; ar, جهاد, jihād ) is an Arabic word which literally means "striving" or "struggling", especially with a praiseworthy aim. In an Islamic context, it can refer to almost any effort to make personal and social life conform with Go ...
s. The position survived the fall of the empire as a largely honorary ceremonial rank in contemporary Nigeria.
List of Grand Viziers
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Shaikh Abdullahi bn Fodiyo (1804–1817)
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Gidado dan Laima
Gidado dan Laima (1817–1842) also known as Waziri Gidado was the first known Grand Vizier of the Sokoto Caliphate, he was vizier of Sokoto during the sultanship of Muhammed Bello. He was the founder of the popular line of viziers known as the Gid ...
(1817–1842)
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Abd al-Qadir bn Usman Gidado (1842–1859)
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Ibrahim Khalilu bn Abd al-Qadir
Ibrahim ( ar, إبراهيم, links=no ') is the Arabic name for Abraham, a Biblical patriarch and prophet in Islam.
For the Islamic view of Ibrahim, see Abraham in Islam.
Ibrahim may also refer to:
* Ibrahim (name), a name (and list of people w ...
(1859–1874)
*Abdullahi Bayero bn Gidado (1874-1886)
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* Muhammadu Buhari Bin Ahmad (1886–1910)
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Muhammadu Sambo bn Ahmad (1910-1912)
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Abd al- Qadir Maccido bn Bukhari (1910–12)
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Adili bn Khalilu (1912–25)
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Abbas bn Bukhari (1925–28)
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Muhammadu Junaidu Bin Buhari (1948–1997)
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Usman bn Junaidhttps://www.bbc.com/hausa/labarai-41699516 (1997-2018)
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Sambo Wali Junaidu (2018-)
References
Sokoto Caliphate
Grand viziers
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