Naylor From Rebels to Rulers

Writing Legitimacy in the Early Sokoto State
1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-1-80010-234-7
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, Band 6, 228 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm

Reihe: Religion in Transforming Africa

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

Autoren/Hrsg.

Naylor, Paul

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsgeschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Religionssoziologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Geschichte des Islam
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Afrikanische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

Naylor Paul:
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.