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Also Known As jehad • jihād • al-jihād

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Usman dan Fodio
Fulani mystic, philosopher, and revolutionary reformer
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ʿUmar Tal
Tukulor leader
Aḥmad Grāñ
Aḥmad Grāñ
Somalian Muslim leader
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Sayyid Maxamed Cabdulle Xasan
Somalian leader
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Muḥammad Ismāʿīl Shahīd
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Shehu Ahmadu Lobbo
Fulani Muslim leader
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Bahāʾ al-Dīn
Arab author