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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.

List of grand viziers

References

  1. ^ "Wazirin Sarkin Musulmin Nigeria ya rasu". BBC News Hausa (in Hausa). Retrieved 2023-05-02.
  2. ^ "Prof Sambo Junaidu is new Wazirin Sokoto". Archived from the original on 2018-07-19.
  3. ^ "Encomiums as Junaidu is turbaned the 13th Wazirin Sokoto". Dailytrust.com.ng. 2017-12-10. Retrieved 2018-07-19.


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