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Adamawa


Sa'ad Abubakar
The LaamiiBe of Fombina: A Political History of Adamawa (1809-1901)

Ahmadu Bello University Press. Oxford University Press. London. Zaria.
Ahmadu Bello University History Series. 1977. 190 pages


In memory of Chubado, my mother
and Abubakar bin Saleh, my grandfather

Contents

List of Maps
Foreword
Preface

Introduction

  1. The Region and its Inhabitants
  2. The FulBe of Fombina and their Jihad
  3. The Foundation of an Emirate: 1809-47
  4. Expansion, Consolidation, and Conflicts: 1847-72
  5. The Decline and Collapse of the Emirate: 1873-1903
  6. Twentieth-Century Developments in Fombina

Glossary
Notes on Sources
Bibliography
Index
Index of Names

Maps
  1. Fombina Relief
  2. Movements of the early clans into Fombina before the nineteenth century