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	Sokoto - LoveToKnow 1911
		The sultan of Sokoto throughout the 19th century exercised an overlordship over the Hausa states extending east from the Niger to Bornu and southward to the Benue and Adamawa.
		The province of Sokoto occupies the north-west corner of the British protectorate, and is bounded west and north by French territory.
		The emir of Sokoto took an oath of allegiance to the British Crown and Sokoto became a British province, to which at a later period Gando was added as a subprovince - thus making of Sokoto one of the double provinces of the protectorate.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Sokoto (1569 words)

	The Sultan of Sokoto \| Obituaries \| Guardian Unlimited
		Born in Sokoto, he was the eldest son of Sir Siddiq Abubakar III, who ruled as Sultan from 1938 to 1988, spanning the later colonial period and the three turbulent decades after Nigeria's independence.
		Although the succession in the sultanate depends on the kingmakers' choice from among the families of the descendants of Dan Fodio, Maccido always had the "electable" feel of a crown prince, and was given the title Sarkin Kudu (lord of the south).
		In the course of Maccido's sultanate, Sokoto was to mark two significant anniversaries - one, in 2003, the sombre centenary of the surrender of the caliphate to Lord Lugard and British rule; the other, the celebration of the 200th centenary of the launch of Dan Fodio's famous jihad.
	www.guardian.co.uk /obituaries/story/0,,1935420,00.html (675 words)

	AP Wire \| 11/02/2006 \| Nigeria authorities name new sultan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The sultan of Sokoto has traditionally held strong sway over the nation's Muslim population, approving dates for the start and end of Muslim fasts and speaking on issues of religious policy in Nigeria.
		Before his appointment as the 20th sultan, he was Nigeria's defense attache to Pakistan, with responsibility for Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan and Saudi Arabia.
		He is a direct descendant of the Islamic scholar Uthman Dan Fodio, who founded the Sokoto Caliphate that became one of the largest pre-colonial states in Africa.
	www.kansascity.com /mld/kansascity/news/world/15912994.htm (378 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Africa \| Obituary: The Sultan of Sokoto
		The Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammadu Maccido, who has died in a plane crash near Abuja, was the spiritual leader of Muslims in Nigeria and Niger.
		The sultan was not a religious leader himself, but someone to whom Muslims looked to for leadership and guidance.
		The sultan will be remembered for his intervention to end the sporadic clashes that break out between Nigeria's Muslims and Christians.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/africa/6096858.stm (251 words)

	Nigeria's Sokoto Caliphate gets new sultan \| World War 4 Report
		The violent death of Alhaji Muhammadu Maccido, 58, the Sultan of Sokoto, in the ADC Airline crash in Abuja last Sunday, might have been expected, for a man whose political and social history in the past two decades has been characterised by neo-volcanic convulsions.
		Maccido's humiliation by Babangida sent out the message that the Sokoto Caliphate, a network of Fulani rulerships built with war and social revolution from 1804 to 1814 (from Sokoto in the northwest to Adamawa and Muri emirates on what would later become the Cameroon border in the east), was a "paper tiger".
		Sultan Maccido's studied silence was bound to be most welcome as Abacha wielded power as a "maximum ruler" as the opposition media labeled him.
	ww4report.com /node/2730 (1181 words)

	Vanguard - Columns : SULTAN'S DEMISE & SOKOTO CALIPHATE : Who succeeds Sultan Maccido?
		A member of the Sokoto traditional council who spoke to Vanguard that the major charges against ex-Sultan Dasuki especially the charge that he was proud, arrogant and held the government of the day in disdain must have been tempered by the disposition and banishment.
		The Sokoto State governor is known to be an associate of General Babangida and one of those wooing the former Head of State to contest the 2007 presidential election on the platform of his new political party, Democratic Peoples Party, DPP.
		The Sokoto prince who wants to be Sultan was made the Sardauna Sokoto in 1991, a revered title once held by Sir Ahmadu Bello, the powerful First Republic Premier of Northern Region.
	www.vanguardngr.com /articles/2002/columns/notes/pnts03112006.html (1575 words)

	Needles In Sultan's Turban
		Sultan Sa’ad was not one of them; he chose to make a career in a very difficult calling, namely the military, and he would know how to call any spoilt prince to order.
		Sultan Sa’ad is lucky because they love every son of Sir Abubakar, but that is because Sir Abubakar was simple, very accessible, very open, had little protocol, had a lot of charm and a lot of wisdom.
		Many people in the Sultan’s palace were angry, for example, that the day before he died, Sultan Maccido sat at the [so-called] education stakeholders’ summit for four hours, on a straight-backed chair that had no side supports, despite his age, 81.
	www.dawodu.com /jega2.htm (1358 words)

	The Sokoto Caliphate and its legacies
		The Sokoto Caliphate was a loose confederation of emirates that recognized the leadership of Usman Dan Fodio as "Commander of the Faithful." By mid-19th century there were about 30 emirates linked to Sokoto, including the large market state of Kano.
		The sultan of Sokoto (Siddiq Abubakar III) continued to be regarded as the spiritual leader of the Muslim community of Nigeria.
		Sultan Abubakar III, who had come to power in 1937.38, passed away in 1988, and the sultanship passed to a different branch of the families who trace direct lineage to Usman Dan Fodio, sultan Ibrahim Dasuki (b.
	www.dawodu.com /paden1.htm (2982 words)

	Amana Online
		The death of Sultan of Sokoto is indeed a great lost to the people of Sokoto state and the entire Muslims Umma.
		Born in Dange district in 1926 as the eldest son of late Sultan Abubakar III, Maccudo was trained as an administrator.
		As the eldest son of the late Sultan Saddiq III, Maccudo was versed in the traditions of the Sultanate.
	www.amanaonline.com /Articles/art_2428.htm (773 words)

	Imprimir / Print
		The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammadu Maccido, has described a number of the foreign policies of the United States government as “deliberately against Islam.” He said this yesterday while receiving the US ambassador to Nigeria, Mr.
		The Sultan said that the renewed emphasis on Shari’a in the country is essentially to address the moral decadence that has engulfed the society as a whole.
		The Sultan was speaking at the traditional shaving ceremony of the 15th Galadiman Garin Sokoto and the district head of Durbawa, Alhaji Isa Bajini Galadanchi, who he turbaned two months ago.
	chiapas.mediosindependientes.org /print.php3?article_id=115556 (1908 words)

	Vanguard - Education: Tribute: Sultan of Sokoto dies for education
		So, it was customary for His Eminence, the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammadu Maccido Abubakar III to attend the Presidential Forum on Education held at the Banquet Hall, Presidential Villa, Abuja, on the invitation of President Olusegun Obasanjo.
		According to reports, the Sultan was among the first to arrive at the venue, sitting on the front row, exchanging pleasantries and greetings with other dignitaries while awaiting the arrival of President Olusegun Obasanjo.
		Not therefore a surprise that the Sultan was asked by the President to say the opening prayer for Islamic adherents which he did.
	www.vanguardngr.com /articles/2002/features/education/edu209112006.html (664 words)

	sokoto-state
		In recognition of his various contributions to the development of Sokoto State in particular and Nigeria as a whole, His Eminence, the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammadu Maccido Abubakar III (CFR) conferred on him the traditional title of Garkuwan Sokoto in August, 1996.
		Alhaji Attahiru Bafarawa Garkuwan Sokoto, is a man that has risen to make his impact felt in all spheres of human endeavour.
		The present Sokoto state is bounded in the North by Niger Republic, Kebbi state on the South-west and Zamfara state on the east.
	www.sokoto-state.com /bafarawa.html (899 words)

	List of Sultans of Sokoto - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The "Sokoto Caliph" was the ruler of the Sokoto Caliphate.
		The official title is Sultan of Sokoto and includes the style "Amir-ul-Momineen".
		As mentioned above, the Sultans were also styled Amir al-Mu´minin and Sarkin Musulmi ("King of the Muslims", basically the autochthonous form of the former, which is the Arabic style of Caliphs and other independent sovereign Muslim rulers that claim legitimacy from a community of Muslims); Mai, occurring in various Sultans' surnames, is another autochthonous title
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sultan_of_Sokoto (502 words)

	IslamOnline.net- News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The new sultan is the younger brother of Maccido who died last week in a plane crash.
		SOKOTO, Nigeria — Mohammed Sada Abubakar, a 53-year-old army colonel, was appointed on Thursday, November 2, as the 20th sultan of Sokoto and the spiritual leader of Nigeria's Muslims.
		He succeeds his late brother Mohammadu Maccido, who was killed in a plane crash on Sunday, October 29, as the 20th sultan of Sokoto, in the far north of Nigerian on the arid Niger border.
	www.islamonline.net /English/News/2006-11/02/06.shtml (546 words)

	The Sultan of Sokoto - Comment - Times Online (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.tamu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Pre-eminent among Nigeria’s emirs, Muhammadu Maccido was both the ruler of the emirate of Sokoto, in the north-west of the country, and the spiritual leader of the nearly 70 million Nigerian Muslims.
		His father was the Sultan of Sokoto, the 16th in a lineage descended from Othman Dan Fodio who, by force of arms, had established the Sokoto caliphate in the first decade of the 19th century.
		The 19th Sultan of Sokoto was born on April 20, 1926.
	www.timesonline.co.uk.cob-web.org:8888 /article/0,,60-2432744,00.html (538 words)

	NIGERIAN TRIBUNE - Politics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The late Sultan, who until his death, headed Nigeria’s millions of Muslims, was the spiritual leader of the Islamic faithful both in the country and the Niger Republic.
		Alhaji Maccido has been the Sultan of Sokoto, the base for the 19th century jihad, responsible for the spread of Islam across Northern Nigeria, since April, 1996.
		Senator Badamasi Maccido, the son of the late Sultan of Sokoto, completed the trio as the too was elected a senator on the platform of the ANPP representing Sokoto North.
	www.tribune.com.ng /30102006/politics.html (764 words)

	IslamOnline.net- News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Sultan Mohammadu was the head of Sokoto caliphate and president of Nigeria's influential Supreme Council of Islamic Affairs (NSCIA).
		ABUJA — Sultan Mohammadu Maccido, the spiritual leader of Nigeria's Muslims, and his son were among 100 people killed Sunday, October 29, in a commercial airliner crash.
		Sultan Mohammadu was the head of Sokoto caliphate and president of Nigeria's influential Supreme Council of Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), the umbrella body for Nigerian Muslims.
	www.islamonline.net /English/News/2006-10/29/07.shtml (562 words)

	The Death Sultan Muhammadu Maccido
		The death of Sultan Muhammadu Maccido, the Sultan of Sokoto and Spiritual head of the Muslims in Nigeria, aboard an ADC airplane Boeing 737 aircraft that crashed minutes after take off from the Abuja airport was an unfortunate development.
		The error of judgement by the president in not making available a presidential plane for the Sultan, not only caused his death, but that of most favoured son, that was expected to take over royal throne on the demise of the Sultan, Senator Badamasi Maccido as well as a grandson of the late Sultan.
		It is a pity that the nation lost the Sultan at a time the country needs him most, to use his stabilizing influence to moderate the myriad of socio-political problems confronting the country.
	www.gamji.com /article6000/NEWS6478.htm (598 words)

	DAILY TRIUMPH -Prominent Nigerians pay condolences to Sokoto--As Bayero says Sultan was a just leader (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Maccido, the 19th Sultan of Sokoto, died in the ADC airline plane crash in Abuja on Sunday.
		Among those who were at the Sultan's palace on a condolence visit yesterday were the Emir of Kano, Alhaji (Dr.) Ado Bayero, the Emir of Katsina, Alhaji (Dr.) Muhamadu Kabiru Usman and a former minister of water resources, retired Col. Bello Khaliel.
		The emir, who commended the president for condoling with the Sokoto people, said the death of Maccido and other passengers in the crash was a monumental loss to the whole country.
	www.triumphnewspapers.com /prom31102006.htm (320 words)

	Sokoto. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		Sokoto was founded in 1809 by Usuman dan Fodio, the Fulani leader who established a large Muslim empire including most of N Nigeria.
		In 1903, Sokoto fell to British forces under Frederick Lugard.
		The assassination of the Sultan of Sokoto in 1966 was a cause of the Nigerian civil war (see Biafra, Republic of).
	www.bartleby.com /65/so/Sokoto.html (185 words)

	Thousands mourn Nigerian sultan killed in crash. 30/10/2006. ABC News Online
		Thousands of tearful Nigerian Muslims have gathered to mourn at the palace of their traditional ruler, the Sultan of Sokoto, who died in a plane crash on Sunday along with 95 others.
		In the capital Abuja, where the Boeing 737 operated by domestic carrier ADC crashed shortly after take-off, the government grounded the airline and said the pilot had ignored a bad weather warning from the air traffic control tower.
		The northern city of Sokoto, where the flight was bound, was silent on Monday.
	www.abc.net.au /news/newsitems/200610/s1777154.htm (541 words)

	The Sultan is naked (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Sultan of Sokoto, on behalf of his fellow ‘nobilities’ from the northern states used the opportunity of their Kaduna meeting with President Obasanjo to ‘courageously’ tell Mr.
		However, the courage of the sultan and his fellow colleagues must be differentiated with a quotation mark so as not to award them an ‘undeserved medal’.
		The role the sultan and the emirs of the north and their royal counterparts from the south played in supporting, reinforcing and glorifying military dictators like IBB and Abacha is worse than the role played by the Pope and the Vatican Church during Hitler’s third Reich.
	www.nigerdeltacongress.com /sarticles/sultan_is_naked.htm (777 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		SOKOTO, Nigeria, Oct 30 (Reuters) - Thousands of tearful Nigerian Muslims gathered to mourn on Monday at the palace of their traditional ruler, the Sultan of Sokoto, who died in a plane crash on Sunday along with 95 others.
		In the capital Abuja, where the Boeing 737 operated by domestic carrier ADC crashed shortly after takeoff, the government grounded the airline and said the pilot had ignored a bad weather warning from the air traffic control tower.
		All shops and market stalls were deserted as residents gathered at the sultan's palace or at mosques to pray and mourn.
	today.reuters.com /News/CrisesArticle.aspx?storyId=L30885742 (600 words)

	Sokoto News
		The first Southern Baptist missionary to engage the Sokoto Fulani, Danielle Koepke is a pioneer in bringing the Gospel to this primarily Muslim people.
		PENULTIMATE Sunday's air crash that claimed the lives of 96 people, among them, the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammadu Maccido, his son and a grand-son, is not just another crash - it is the fourth major crash...
		SOKOTO: Authorities in Nigeria named an army colonel as the country's top Muslim leader, replacing his brother, who died in a plane crash last weekend, officials said.
	www.topix.net /ng/sokoto (702 words)

	Muhammadu Maccido, 58, Sultan of Sokoto - October 31, 2006 - The New York Sun
		Muhammadu Maccido, the 19th sultan of Sokoto and spiritual leader of Nigerian Muslims, has died.
		Maccido was a direct descendant of the Islamic scholar Uthman Dan Fodio, who launched a campaign from Sokoto in 1804 that spread Islam across much of the northern half of Nigeria and parts of neighboring Niger, Cameroon and Benin.
		The sultan approves dates for the start and end of Muslim fasts and speaks on issues of religious policy.
	www.nysun.com /article/42580 (380 words)

	Thousands mourn Nigerian sultan - World News on Stuff.co.nz
		SOKOTO: Thousands of tearful Nigerian Muslims gathered to mourn at the palace of their traditional ruler, the Sultan of Sokoto, who died in a plane crash on Sunday along with 95 others.
		President Olusegun Obasanjo, who has declared three days of national mourning for the victims, was due to travel to the northern city of Sokoto, where the flight was bound.
		The city was silent on Monday, with all shops and market stalls deserted as residents gathered at the sultan's palace or at mosques to pray and mourn.
	www.stuff.co.nz /stuff/0,2106,3845086a12,00.html (680 words)

	Sultan among 100 dead in Nigeria air crash -DAWN - Top Stories; October 30, 2006
		Sokoto State government spokesman Mustapha Sheu said that Mohammadu Maccido, the Sultan of Sokoto and head of the caliphate, the country’s Muslim community, was among those who perished in the crash.
		The state-run News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) said that top-ranking government officials, senators, politicians, the son of one of Nigeria’s former presidents and an influential traditional ruler, had been on the ill-fated aircraft, owned by the private Nigerian airline ADC.
		“The Sultan of Sokoto was among the dead,” Sheu told AFP, adding that the sultan’s son, who was a senator, was also killed, together with the northern state’s deputy governor, education commissioner and another senator.
	www.dawn.com /2006/10/30/top14.htm (376 words)

	ABC News: Thousands mourn Nigerian sultan killed in crash (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Oct 30, 2006 — SOKOTO, Nigeria (Reuters) - Thousands of tearful Nigerian Muslims gathered to mourn on Monday at the palace of their traditional ruler, the Sultan of Sokoto, who died in a plane crash on Sunday along with 95 others.
		Nine survivors were being treated at the National Hospital and 96 bodies had been recovered from the crash site, a cornfield just a stone's throw away from the airport runway.
		The northern city of Sokoto, where the flight was bound, was silent.
	abcnews.go.com /International/wireStory?id=2615915 (385 words)

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