From rebels to rulers : writing legitimacy in the early Sokoto state /

Sokoto was the largest and longest lasting of West Africa's nineteenth-century Muslim empires. Its intellectual and political elite left behind a vast written record, including over 300 Arabic texts authored by the jihad's leaders: Usman dan Fodio, his brother Abdullahi and his son, Muhamm...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Naylor, Paul (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Arabic
Published: Suffolk : James Currey, [2021]
Series:Religion in transforming Africa ; 6.
Subjects:
Usuman dan Fodio, > 1754-1817 > Sources.
ʻAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad, > Emir of Gwandu, > approximately 1767-1829 > Sources.
Bello, Muḥammad, > Sultan of Sokoto, > 1781-1837 > Sources.
ʻAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad, > Emir of Gwandu, > approximately 1767-1829.
Bello, Muḥammad, > Sultan of Sokoto, > 1781-1837.
Usuman dan Fodio, > 1754-1817.
1800-1899
Islamic leadership > Nigeria > Sokoto State > History > 19th century > Sources.
Leadership islamique > Nigeria > Sokoto (État) > Histoire > 19e siècle > Sources.
Islamic leadership.
Sokoto State (Nigeria) > History > Sources.
Sokoto (Nigeria : État) > Histoire > Sources.
Nigeria > Sokoto State.
History.
Sources.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Front cover
  • Table of contents
  • List of illustrations
  • Acknowledgements
  • List of abbreviations
  • Note on language
  • Glossary
  • Introduction
  • 1. Sources of legitimacy in the nineteenth-century Sahel
  • 2. Discourses of dissent and moderation
  • 3. 'Lesser of two evils': the succession of Muhammad Bello
  • 4. 'God has subjugated this land for me': Bello's rule of Sokoto 1821-1837
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix: Sokoto chronology
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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