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Usman dan Fodio

1754 - 1817

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Shehu Usman dan Fodio (Arabic: عثمان بن فودي, romanized: ʿUthmān ibn Fūdī; 15 December 1754 – 20 April 1817) was a Fulani scholar, Islamic religious teacher, poet, revolutionary and a philosopher who founded the Sokoto Caliphate and ruled as its first caliph. After the successful revolution, the "Jama'a" gave him the title Amir al-Mu'minin (commander of the faithful). He rejected the throne and continued calling to Islam. Born in Gobir, Usman was a descendant of the Torodbe clans of urbanized ethnic Fulani people living in the Hausa Kingdoms since the early 1400s. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Usman dan Fodio is the 582nd most popular philosopher (down from 570th in 2019), the 12th most popular biography from Nigeria (down from 8th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Nigerian Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Usman dan Fodio ranks 582 out of 1,267. Before him are María Zambrano, Karl Christian Friedrich Krause, Alan Watts, Pierre Charron, Zeno of Sidon, and Shneur Zalman of Liadi. After him are Georges Canguilhem, Al-Baydawi, Gaetano Mosca, Chaïm Perelman, John Austin, and Yang Zhu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1754, Usman dan Fodio ranks 22. Before him are William Bligh, Jean-Baptiste Regnault, Salawat Yulayev, Salomon Maimon, Catherine-Dominique de Pérignon, and Franz Xaver von Zach. After him are Jurij Vega, Jean-Antoine Marbot, Pavel Tsitsianov, Vicente Martín y Soler, Andrea Appiani, and Joseph Joubert. Among people deceased in 1817, Usman dan Fodio ranks 21. Before him are Karl Theodor Anton Maria von Dalberg, Fyodor Ushakov, Theroigne de Mericourt, William Bligh, Jean-André Deluc, and Ibrahim Bey. After him are Étienne Méhul, Andrea Appiani, Infante Antonio Pascual of Spain, Giacomo Quarenghi, Leopold III, Duke of Anhalt-Dessau, and Policarpa Salavarrieta.

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In Nigeria

Among people born in Nigeria, Usman dan Fodio ranks 12 out of 309. Before him are Chinua Achebe (1930), Francis Arinze (1932), Hugo Weaving (1960), Muhammadu Buhari (1942), Nana Asmaʼu (1793), and Fela Kuti (1938). After him are Samuel Ajayi Crowther (1809), Olusegun Obasanjo (1937), Bola Tinubu (1952), Jay-Jay Okocha (1973), John Obi Mikel (1987), and Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala (1954).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Nigeria

Among philosophers born in Nigeria, Usman dan Fodio ranks 2. Before him are Nana Asmaʼu (1793).

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