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Grand vizier of the Sokoto Caliphate | |
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Wazirin Sokoto | |
since 2018 | |
Member of | Sokoto Sultanate Council |
Appointer | The Sultan with Governor of Sokoto State advice and consent |
Formation | 1804 |
First holder | Abdullahi dan Fodio |
The Sokoto Grand Vizier, or Wazirin Sokoto, was the Grand Vizier to the Sultan of Sokoto, the Paramount Chief 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.