Talk:List of sultans of Sokoto

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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"&mdash;and my parents were both history teachers. &mdash;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)

>> 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)

Sada Abubakar
I've added Sada Abubakar as the new 20th sultan as according to the BBC website 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)

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)

Not a current event
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)

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