Talk:List of sultans of Sokoto

This article must adhere to the biographies of living persons (BLP) policy, even if it is not a biography, because it contains material about living persons. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately from the article and its talk page, especially if potentially libellous. If such material is repeatedly inserted, or if you have other concerns, please report the issue to this noticeboard.

If you are a subject of this article, or acting on behalf of one, and you need help, please see this help page.

Nigeria Low‑importance

	Nigeria portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Nigeria, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of Nigeria on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.NigeriaWikipedia:WikiProject NigeriaTemplate:WikiProject NigeriaNigeria articles
Low	This article has been rated as Low-importance on the project's importance scale.

Biography: Royalty and Nobility

	Biography portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Biography, a collaborative effort to create, develop and organize Wikipedia's articles about people. All interested editors are invited to join the project and contribute to the discussion. For instructions on how to use this banner, please refer to the documentation.BiographyWikipedia:WikiProject BiographyTemplate:WikiProject Biographybiography articles
	This article is supported by WikiProject Royalty and Nobility.

Lists Low‑importance

	This article is within the scope of WikiProject Lists, an attempt to structure and organize all list pages on Wikipedia. If you wish to help, please visit the project page, where you can join the project and/or contribute to the discussion.ListsWikipedia:WikiProject ListsTemplate:WikiProject ListsList articles
Low	This article has been rated as Low-importance on the project's importance scale.

Tip: Anchors are case-sensitive in most browsers.

This article links to one or more target anchors that no longer exist.

[[Fula people#Fulbe jihad states|Fulbe Jihad states]] The anchor (#Fulbe jihad states) is no longer available because it was deleted by a user before.

Please help fix the broken anchors. You can remove this template after fixing the problems. | Reporting errors

[Untitled][edit]

I would really like to move this to Sultan of Sokoto and make Sokoto Caliph the redirect. In the first 15 years of my life, spent in an around Sokoto, I never heard the phrase "Sokoto Caliph"—and my parents were both history teachers.—iFaqeer (Talk to me!) 20:46, Dec 7, 2004 (UTC)

If no one has any objection, I would like to go ahead and make this move now.

IFaqeer 23:52, 7 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

>> I fully back this remark. I am now for more than half a year in direct contact with one of the sons of the Sultan of Sokoto. I did hear from his son and others the term Sultan and sometimes Emir/Amir, but never Caliph. - 27 April 2006

Why don't you read the article? I've already made a move so Sokoto caliph IS a redirect since January and put the phrase (which occurs frequently in sources that can indeed be doubted) in parenthesis. What more do you want ? Fastifex 07:32, 28 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Sada Abubakar[edit]

I've added Sada Abubakar as the new 20th sultan as according to the BBC website [1] he was elected to this office. Someone more knowledgeable however may want to write his biography/entry... -- fdewaele, 2 November 2006, 13:02

The sentence which lists 'Mai' as a local kingship title in the context of this article is wrong, and I can tell you so as a Hausa subject of the sultanate. 'Mai' is a title that used to be used for the Rulers of the Borno and means 'King' ONLY in the Kanem-Bornu context; in the local Kanuri language. However when you speak of the Hausa/Fulani Sultans and Amirs, the HAUSA word 'Mai' signifies ownership - a direct transliteration may be 'of' and it does not signify any special effect, it is just a word, when you read of someone for example called 'Abubakar Mai Dawaki' it simply means 'Abubakar of the Horses' a.k.a Abubakar who owns lots of horses. these types of names could frequently become honorific surnames over time. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.0.193.205 (talk) 01:22, 17 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Also the word Caliph and Caliphate was and is never used by us locals to describe the Sultanate - it is a media rehash, although the Sultan of Sokoto can be referred to technically as a Khalifa(Caliph). Local use is commonly 'Sarkin Musulmi' in Hausa which translates directly to 'Amir ul Muminin' in Arabic or 'King of the Muslims/Commander of the Faithful' in English. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.0.193.205 (talk) 01:28, 17 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Not a current event[edit]

I think this is just a normal article, it isnt a current event, i think the current event tag is for things changing minute by minute, like when Arafat was ill, or Sadaam Hussain etc.--Halaqah 07:32, 27 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Commons files used on this page or its Wikidata item have been nominated for deletion[edit]

The following Wikimedia Commons files used on this page or its Wikidata item have been nominated for deletion:

Participate in the deletion discussion at the nomination page. —Community Tech bot (talk) 16:09, 2 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]