The Sokoto Grand Vizier, or Wazirin Sokoto, was the
grand vizier
Grand vizier (; ; ) was the title of the effective head of government of many sovereign states in the Islamic world. It was first held by officials in the later Abbasid Caliphate. It was then held in the Ottoman Empire, the Mughal Empire, the Soko ...
to the
sultan of Sokoto, the
paramount chief
A paramount chief is the English-language designation for a king or queen or the highest-level political leader in a regional or local polity or country administered politically with a Chiefdom, chief-based system. This term is used occasionally ...
of the Sokoto Caliphate and suzerain of the Usman dan Fodiyo
Jihad states. The position survived the fall of the empire as a largely honorary ceremonial rank in contemporary Nigeria.
List of grand viziers
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Abdullahi dan Fodiyo (1804–1817)
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Gidado dan Laima (1817–1842)
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Abd al-Qadir bn Usman Gidado (1842–1859)
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Ibrahim Khalilu bn Abd al-Qadir (1859–1874)
*Abdullahi Bayero bn Gidado (1874–1886)
* Muhammadu Buhari Bin Ahmad (1886–1910)
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Muhammadu Sambo bn Ahmad (1910–1912)
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Abd al- Qadir Maccido bn Bukhari (1910–12)
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Adili bn Khalilu (1912–25)
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Abbas bn Bukhari (1925–28)
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Muhammadu Junaidu Bin Buhari (1948–1997)
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Usman bin Junaid (1997–2018)
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Sambo Wali Junaidu (2018-)
References
Grand viziers
Politics of Sokoto State
Grand viziers of Sokoto
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