The system of bidān elites consolidated in response to one of these events in the 17th century called the Sharr Bubba. A book by Lamin Sanneh documents opposition to these events among Jakhanke followers of the Suwarian tradition and in the letters of the patriarch of the Kanemi family. The Song of Wandering narrates one of these events, after which the author founded the yan-taru movement to oppose the bori cult and to educate women. One of these events began after King Yunfa of Gobir tried to use a malfunctioning pistol to assassinate a popular shehu. Several of these events were started by “flag-bearers” like Seku Amadu, whose Massina Empire supplanted the Bambara. The father of Nana Asma’u and Muhammad Bello led one of these events that pitted pastoralists against local Hausa rulers. For 10 points, the Fulani leader Usman dan Fodio formed his Sokoto Caliphate via what sort of religious war? ■END■
ANSWER: jihads [accept more specific answers like Fula(ni) jihads or Fulbe jihads; accept Beyond Jihad; prompt on answers like wars, conflicts, military campaigns, or rebellions; prompt on Islamic revival, tajdīd, Islamic awakening, or descriptions of religious revivals]
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