From Rebels to Rulers
Writing Legitimacy in the Early Sokoto State
1st Edition
Published on 2. August 2021
228 pages
978-1-80010-234-7 (ISBN)
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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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PAUL NAYLOR is a Cataloguer of West African Manuscripts at the Hill Museum and Manuscript Library, Minnesota. He has held teaching positions at Loyola University Chicago and Tulane University's Africana Studies Program.
PAUL NAYLOR is a Cataloguer of West African Manuscripts at the Hill Museum and Manuscript Library, Minnesota. He has held teaching positions at Loyola University Chicago and Tulane University's Africana Studies Program.
Content
Introduction
The Arabic Writings of the Fodiawa in their Context
A History of the Historiography
Approaching Legitimacy
1. Sources of Legitimacy in the Nineteenth-Century Sahel
Fiqh
Kashf
Nasab
Conclusion
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 (1810-1812)
The Intellectual Challenge of Abdullahi dan Fodio (c.1812-1817)
Conclusion: from Ijtihad to Taqlid
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
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
Appendix: Sokoto Chronology
Bibliography
The Arabic Writings of the Fodiawa in their Context
A History of the Historiography
Approaching Legitimacy
1. Sources of Legitimacy in the Nineteenth-Century Sahel
Fiqh
Kashf
Nasab
Conclusion
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 (1810-1812)
The Intellectual Challenge of Abdullahi dan Fodio (c.1812-1817)
Conclusion: from Ijtihad to Taqlid
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
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
Appendix: Sokoto Chronology
Bibliography
