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S. J. Hogben & A. H. M. Kirk-Greene
The emirates of Northern Nigeria;
a preliminary survey of their historical traditions

Oxford University Press. London. 1966. 638 p.


Contents

Foreword by Alhaji, Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa
Preface to Part I
Preface to Part II
Index

Part I

  1. ‘A Piece of the Continent A Part of the Main’ : Northern Nigeria and the Sudan
  2. The Maghrib and Mediterranean Influences
  3. Arab Civilization and the Influence of Islam in Spain and North Africa
  4. The Sudan
  5. The Empire of Ghana
  6. The Mandingo Empire of Mali
  7. The Mossi States
  8. The Empire of Songhai
  9. Kanem and the Bornu Empire
  10. The Moorish Invasion of the Sudan
  11. The Sudan in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries
  12. The Nineteenth Century and the Fulani Reformation in the Sudan
  13. The British Occupation and Independence
  14. Résumé

Part II

Emirates deriving from the Hausa States

(1) Originating from the Hausa Bakwai

  1. Daura
  2. Katsina
  3. Kano
  4. Zaria

(2) Originating from the Banza Bakwai

  1. Kebbi
  2. Yauri
  3. Nupe
  4. Dorin

2. Emirates deriving from the Bornu Empire

  1. Bornu
  2. Dikwa
  3. Gumel
  4. Fika
  5. Bedde

3. Emirates deriving from the Sokoto Empire

(1) The North- Western States

  1. Sokoto
  2. Gwandu

(2) The South-Eastern States

  1. Adamawa
  2. Muri
  3. Bauchi
  4. Gombe

(3) The North-Eastern States

  1. Kazaure
  2. Katagum
  3. Hadejia
  4. Jama'are
  5. Misau

(4) The South-Western States

  1. Kontagora
  2. Agaie
  3. Lapai
  4. Pategi
  5. Lafiagi

(5) The Central States

  1. Keffi
  2. Nassarawa
  3. Lafia
  4. Jema'a
  5. Wase

4. Emirates deriving independently

  1. Abuja
  2. Biu
  3. Borgu

Appendixes

  1. Notes on European Travellers in the Sudan and the Sahara between 1795 and 1880
  2. The Chiefs of Northern Nigeria

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