Paul Naylor (Person)

From Rebels to Rulers

Writing Legitimacy in the Early Sokoto State

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Produktbeschreibung

A reinterpretation of the history of Sokoto that provides a new assessment of its leaders and their visions for the Muslim state.

Produktdetails

• Religion in Transforming Africa
• Verlag: James Currey
• Seitenzahl: 228
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Januar 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 157mm x 234mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 362g
• ISBN-13: 9781847013705
• ISBN-10: 1847013708
• Artikelnr.: 68411379

Autorenporträt

Paul Naylor

Inhaltsangabe

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