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The Sokoto Caliphate or Fulani Empire is an Islamic spiritual community in Northern Nigeria, led by the Sultan of Sokoto ( currently Sa ' adu Abubakar ).
In the 1800s, it was one of the largest and most powerful empires in sub-Saharan Africa until British conquest in 1903.
When the British took over the territory the political authority of the Caliphate was abolished and put under the Northern Nigeria Protectorate ; however, the title of Sultan was retained and remains an important religious position for Muslims in the region to the current day.
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