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By 1900 this West African Islamic state, centered on what is today Sokoto State and reaching east into Zamfara State, both in modern Nigeria, held as many as 2.5 million slaves (second only to the pre-1865 United States). It grew out of the 1804 jihad led by Usman dan Fodio. Which 19th-century West African polity, home to over 30 emirates, is this?
Sokoto State and Zamfara State are both tied to the Sokoto Caliphate. The 19th-century West African Islamic state governed over 30 emirates, held as many as 2.5 million slaves by 1900, and encompassed areas now part of Cameroon, Burkina Faso, Niger, and Nigeria.