From rebels to rulers: writing legitimacy in the early Sokoto State
A reinterpretation of the history of Sokoto that provides a new assessment of its leaders and their visions for the Muslim state.
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Woodbridge, Suffolk
James Currey, imprint of Boydell & Brewer Ltd
2021
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| In: | Year: 2021 |
| Series/Journal: | Religion in transforming Africa
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Usuman dan Fodio 1754-1817
/ Bello, Muḥammad, Sokoto, Sultan 1781-1837
/ Kalifat Sokoto
/ Islam
/ Legitimacy
/ Historiography
/ History 1790-1837
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| Further subjects: | B
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| Summary: | A reinterpretation of the history of Sokoto that provides a new assessment of its leaders and their visions for the Muslim state. Front Cover -- Table of Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- Note on Language -- Glossary -- Introduction -- The Arabic Writings of the Fodiawa in their Context -- A History of the Historiography -- Approaching Legitimacy -- Chapter 1 - Sources of Legitimacy in the Nineteenth-Century Sahel -- Fiqh -- Kashf -- Nasab -- Conclusion -- Chapter 2 - Discourses of Dissent and Moderation -- Laying Claims to Legitimacy: Usman's Writings in the 1790s -- A Discourse of Dissent (c.1804-1810) -- A Discourse of Moderation (1810-c.1812) -- The Intellectual Challenge of Abdullahi dan Fodio (c.1812-1817) -- Conclusion: From Ijtihad to Taqlid -- Chapter 3 - 'Lesser of two evils': The Succession of Muhammad Bello -- Defending the Succession (1817) -- A Second Jihad (1817-1821) -- 'Fear them not, but fear me': Enforcing Obedience to Bello's Rule -- Creating a Caliphate: Bello's Exchanges with Ahmad Lobbo -- Conclusion -- Chapter 4 - 'God has subjugated this land for me': Bello's Rule of Sokoto 1821-1837 -- Policies of Integration: The Hausa -- Policies of Enslavement -- Policies of Exclusion: The Tuareg -- Policies of Sedentarisation: The Fulani -- Meanwhile, in Gwandu... -- Conclusion -- Conclusion -- Appendix: Sokoto Chronology -- Bibliography -- Index. |
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| ISBN: | 1800102348 |