Abdur Rahman Atiku an kuma sanshi da, Abdu ko Abd al-Rahman bin Atiku yayi Sultan na Sokoto Daular Musulunci daga 1891 zuwa 1902. A mukaman farko, ya kasance dan takara ne daga gidan Atiku, amma an wuce gidan sau uku tun bayan mutuwar Ahmadu Rufa'i a 1873. Abubakar Na Rabah, Mu'azu da Umaru bin Ali Sarakunan da suka biyo bayan Rufa'i sun kasance daga gidan Muhammed Bello . Biyo bayan rasuwar Umaru bin Ali yayin da yake yakin neman zabe a Kaura Namoda, Waziri ya kira taron gaggawa saboda muddin maƙiya sun kusa, ya zama wajibi sojoji su sami shugaba. A yayin taron, an zaɓi Abdur Rahman, dan Abu Bakr Atiku a matsayin Sarkin Musulmi. Ya kasance ɗan uwa ga Ahmadu Atiku da Umar Nagwamatse kuma dan wa ga Muhammed Bello. Kafin ya zama Sarkin Musulmi, ya rike mukamin Bunu mai kula da kauyen Dambiso, arewacin Wurno . Abdur Rahman ba shi da farin jini a lokacin mulkinsa kuma a lokacin ana jan daular Sakkwato cikin manyan abubuwan da ke faruwa a Duniya, zabinsa ya kasance bala'i.