Attahiru Bafarawa (born 1954), governor of Sokoto State in Nigeria from 1999–2007
Attahiru I and many followers fled the city of Sokoto on what Attahiru I described as a hijra to prepare for the coming of the Mahdi.
British Commander Frederick Lugard appointed Muhammadu Attahiru II the new Sultan of Sokoto on March 21, 1903.