Citation: Yusuf Sarkingobir (2021). The Contribution of Sarkingobir Gwadabawa Abdurrahman Bn Sultan Maiturare in the Creation of Illela Town. Glob Acad J Humanit Soc Sci; Vol-3, Iss-2 pp-82-90. 82 Global Academic Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences Available online at https://www.gajrc.com DOI: 10.36348/gajhss.2021.v03i02.002 ISSN:2706-901X (P) ISSN:2707-2576 (O) The Contribution of Sarkingobir Gwadabawa Abdurrahman Bn Sultan Maiturare in the Creation of Illela Town Yusuf Sarkingobir *1 1 Department of Biology Shehu Shagari College of Education Sokoto, Nigeria *Corresponding Author: Yusuf Sarkingobir Article History Received: 03.04.2021 Accepted: 07.05.2021 Published: 12.05.2021 Abstract: Sokoto Caliphate was a famous formation established by the Fulani Jihadists and their Hausa supporters in the Hausaland and environs, which led to the revival of the Hausaland traditional hegemony system and polity of Islam. Later, the British invaded the region and colonialized it. Still, the system laid by Usman Danfodio is unavoidable. The actors in this Danfodio system contributed hugely in the development using their traditional powers. One of the famous grand-scions of Usman Danfodio was the Sarkingobir Gwadabawa Abdurrahman MFR (who lived circa in 1903-1968 A.D.). Abdurrahman was from the Atikawa branch, popularly known for education and lerdership shrewdness. He obtained Islamic and Western education accordingly. He started representing Gwadabawa in the aspects of hegemony as early as 1916. Later in 1927-1931, Abdurrahman was turbaned as the Sardauna of Sokoto. In 1931, Abdurrahman was crowned as the Sarkingobir Gwadabawa, District Head of Gwadabawa, and a more important post than the Sardauna of Sokoto. During the reign of Abdurrahman as Sarkingobir Gwadabawa he recorded many achievements. He ensured the transmogrification of Illela bush to a town. He ensured many contributions in the development of Gwadabawa District and Illela. Many years after the demise of Abdurrahman, in 1989, Illela city became local government to be continually headed by Muhammadu Zayyana (Sarkingobir) as part of his Gwadabawa domain. In 1997, Muhammadu Tukur, son of Sarkingobir Abdurrahman was appointed as substantive district head of the whole Illela region disgorged from Gwadabawa. In 2020, Muhammadu Tukur was succeeded by his son, Buhari Tukur as district head of Illela region. Keywords: Gwadabawa, District Head, Caliphate, Education, rural roads, peace, Sarkingobir Gwadabawa Abdurrahman, Illela district. Copyright © 2021 The Author(s): This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0) which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium for non-commercial use provided the original author and source are credited. 1. The Family of Sarkingobir Abdurrahman: the man who established Illela Sarkingobir Abdurrahman Gwadabawa MFR popularly known as AbduJatau is from the Atiku branch of Sokoto royal dynasties who are heirs to the Sarkin Musulmi (Sultanate) throne. Atikawa are from the Abubakar Atiku 1 bn Shehu Usmanu (may Allah be pleased with him) who was the second Sarkin Musulmi after Muhammadu Bello. Atiku branch of the sultan’s family have a very close lien over the northern parts of the Sokoto Caliphate. It was started early when Atiku was assigned by Shehu to guard that region. When Atiku became Sarkin Musulmi, his son Ahmadu Zaruku (the grandfather of AuduJatau) took that mantle at Chimmola. In 1859, when Ahmadu Zaruku succeeded as Caliph and his son Muhammadu Maiturare followed in his footsteps living first at Chimmola and subsequently founded Gwadabawa. During the time of Maiturare, the migration of Adarawa/Azbinawa peopled the Gwadabawa region (Johnston, 1967; Sokoto State History Bureau, 1979; Sarkingobir, 2021ab). AbduJatau is Sarkingobir Abdurrahman Gwadabawa MFR, son of Sarkin Musulmi Muhammadu Maiturare Gwadabawa, son of Sarkin Musulmi Ahmadu Zaruku, son of Sheikh Shehu Usmanu bn Fodio (May Allah pleased with him). Review Article