Uthman dan Fodio (1754-1817)From Encyclopedia of African History
Uthman dan Fodio (also known as Shehu Usman/Usumanu Dan Fodiyo, Shehu Usman, or Shehu) was a preacher, scholar, and statesman of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, known among the Fulbe as Usman bii Foduye. He established the Sokoto empire and become the first sarkin musulmi (amiral-mu'minin, “commander of the faithful”) in Hausaland.