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, 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 arc ...
of the Sokoto Caliphate and suzerain of the Usman Danfodiyo
Jihad states. 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 (1817–1842)
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Abd al-Qadir bn Usman Gidado (1842–1859)
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Ibrahim Khalilu bn Abd al-Qadir (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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