List of Sultans of Sokoto


The Sokoto Caliph was the ruler of the Sokoto Caliphate. The official title is Sultan of Sokoto and includes the title "Amir-ul-Momineen". The post has become increasingly ceremonial since British rule, but the Sultan, considered a spiritual leader in the Muslim community in Nigeria, can still carry much weight with Fulani and Hausa people from northern Nigeria.
Shaihu Usman dan Fodio, the founder of the dynasty of Sokoto State and of the Fulani Empire, never used the high style of Sultan, but was simply titled Amir al-Mu´minin, also styled lit=Governor of the believers. The sultan of Sokoto is the leader of the Qadiriyya sufi order, historically the most important Muslim position in Nigeria and senior to the Emir of Kano, the leader of the less populous Tijaniyya sufi order.

List of Sultans

As mentioned above, the Sultans were also styled Amir al-Mu´minin and Musulmi ; Mai, occurring in various Sultans' surnames, is another autochthonous title.
#NameBirth and deathReign startedReign endedLineage
1Muhammed Bello1781
Unknown
–
1837
Wurno
21 April 181725 October 1837Son of
Usman dan Fodio
2Abubakar I Atiku1782
Unknown
–
1842
Sokoto
26 October 183723 November 1842Son of
Usman dan Fodio
3Ali Babba bin Bello1808
Unknown
–
1859
Sokoto
30 November 184221 October 1859
Son of
Muhammed Bello
4Ahmadu Atiku24 October 18592 November 1866Son of
Abu Bakr Atiku
5Aliu Karami6 November 186618 October 1867Son of
Muhammed Bello
6Ahmadu Rufai21 October 186712 March 1873Son of
Usman dan Fodio
7Abubakar II Atiku na Raba16 March 187328 March 1877Son of
Muhammed Bello
8Mu'azu6 April 187726 September 1881Son of
Muhammed Bello
9Umaru bin Ali3 October 188125 March 1891Son of
Ali Babba bin Bello
10Abderrahman dan Abi Bakar25 March 189110 October 1902Son of
Abu Bakr I Atiku
11Muhammadu Attahiru I13 October 190215 March 1903Son of
Ahmadu Atiku
12Muhammadu Attahiru II21 March 19031915Son of
Ali Babba bin Bello
13Muhammadu dan Ahmadu19151924Son of
Ahmadu Atiku
14Muhammadu dan Muhammadu19241931Son of
Muhammadu dan Ahmadu
15Hasan dan Mu'azu Ahmadu19311938Son of
Mu'azu
16Siddiq Abubakar III15 March 1903
Dange
–
1 November 1988
Sokoto
19381988Grandson of
Mu'azu
17Ibrahim Dasuki23 December 1923
Dogondaji
-
14 November 2016
Abuja
6 November 198820 April 1996 Great-great-grandson of Uthman dan Fodio
18Muhammadu Maccido20 April 1926
Dange Shuni
–
29 October 2006

20 April 199629 October 2006Son of
Siddiq Abubakar III
19Sa'adu Abubakar24 August 1956
Sokoto
–		2 November 2006CurrentSon of
Siddiq Abubakar III

Genealogical Tree of the Sultans of Sokoto