Mohammadu Attahiru I

Mohammadu Attahiru I became the Sultan of the Sokoto Caliphate following the death of his predecessor. He inherited a caliphate already under pressure from British colonial expansion in northern Nigeria.

British forces defeated the Sokoto army at the Battle of Burmi. Sultan Attahiru I was killed in the battle, and the Sokoto Caliphate was conquered by the British, ending its independence and incorporating it into the British colonial administration.