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
- ‘A Piece of the Continent A Part of the Main’ : Northern Nigeria and the Sudan
- The Maghrib and Mediterranean Influences
- Arab Civilization and the Influence of Islam in Spain and North Africa
- The Sudan
- The Empire of Ghana
- The Mandingo Empire of Mali
- The Mossi States
- The Empire of Songhai
- Kanem and the Bornu Empire
- The Moorish Invasion of the Sudan
- The Sudan in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries
- The Nineteenth Century and the Fulani Reformation in the Sudan
- The British Occupation and Independence
- Résumé
Part II
Emirates deriving from the Hausa States
(1) Originating from the Hausa Bakwai
- Daura
- Katsina
- Kano
- Zaria
(2) Originating from the Banza Bakwai
- Kebbi
- Yauri
- Nupe
- Dorin
2. Emirates deriving from the Bornu Empire
- Bornu
- Dikwa
- Gumel
- Fika
- Bedde
3. Emirates deriving from the Sokoto Empire
(1) The North- Western States
- Sokoto
- Gwandu
(2) The South-Eastern States
- Adamawa
- Muri
- Bauchi
- Gombe
(3) The North-Eastern States
- Kazaure
- Katagum
- Hadejia
- Jama'are
- Misau
(4) The South-Western States
- Kontagora
- Agaie
- Lapai
- Pategi
- Lafiagi
(5) The Central States
- Keffi
- Nassarawa
- Lafia
- Jema'a
- Wase
4. Emirates deriving independently
- Abuja
- Biu
- Borgu
Appendixes
- Notes on European Travellers in the Sudan and the Sahara between 1795 and 1880
- The Chiefs of Northern Nigeria