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

Title
From rebels to rulers : writing legitimacy in the early Sokoto state / Paul Naylor.
Author
Naylor, Paul
Publication
  • Woodbridge, Suffolk ; Rochester, NY : James Currey, 2021.
  • ©2021

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Description
xxii, 199 pages : maps; 24 cm.
Summary
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, Muhammad Bello (known collectively as the Fodiawa). Sokoto's early years are one of the most documented periods of pre-colonial African history, yet current narratives pay little attention to the formative role these texts played in the creation of Sokoto, and the complex scholarly world from which they originated. Far from being unified around a single concept of Muslim statecraft, this book demonstrates how divided the Fodiawa were about what Sokoto could and should be, and the various discursive strategies they used to enrol local societies into their vision. Based on a close analysis of the sources (some appearing in English translation for the first time) and an effort to date their intellectual production, the book restores agency to Sokoto's leaders as individuals with different goals, characters and methods. More generally, it shows how revolutionary religious movements gain legitimacy, and how the kind of legitimacy they claim changes as they move from rebels to rulers.
Series Statement
Religion in transforming Africa
Uniform Title
Religion in transforming Africa.
Subject
  • 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 > Sources. > 19th century
  • Islamic leadership
  • Sokoto State (Nigeria) > History > Sources
  • Nigeria > Sokoto State
Genre/Form
  • History.
  • Sources.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages [169]-191) and index.
Language (note)
  • English text, partially translated from the Arabic.
Contents
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.
Call Number
ReCAP 22-1417
ISBN
  • 9781847012708
  • 1847012701
LCCN
2021287957
OCLC
1259524491
Author
Naylor, Paul, author.
Title
From rebels to rulers : writing legitimacy in the early Sokoto state / Paul Naylor.
Publisher
Woodbridge, Suffolk ; Rochester, NY : James Currey, 2021.
Copyright Date
©2021
Type of Content
text
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Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
Religion in transforming Africa
Religion in transforming Africa.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages [169]-191) and index.
Language
English text, partially translated from the Arabic.
Chronological Term
1800-1899
Research Call Number
ReCAP 22-1417
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