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- ItemA HISTORY OF THE MANAGEMENT OF HAJJ OPERATIONS IN KADUNA STATE 1968-2000(2022)This study addressed the stereotype conceptions and generalisation on the activities of National Pilgrims Body which neglect the role played by States Pilgrims Welfare Boards/Agencies with the particular reference to the management of Hajj operation in Kaduna state 1968-2000. The study examines the various processes and fundamental changes witnessed in the sphere of Hajj operations by government at state level. The management of Hajj operations which came about as a consequence of the introduction of modern means of transportation and the increased number of the intending pilgrim population made it difficult for the government to ignore its existence. The study traced the evolution of the management of Hajj operations in Kaduna State and the reasons behind the states involvement in Hajj affairs. These would give us a clear picture on the impact and challenge the State Pilgrims Welfare Board (a body responsible for the management of Hajj operations) faced towards the end of the twentieth century. Primary data for the study were collected through structured interviews with Islamic scholars, Pilgrims Welfare Board officials and selected people who had performed the Hajj. Primary data were also collected through structured interviews from policy makers and stakeholders, and Hajj reports mainly from the archives. This data was complemented with data from books, journal articles and newspaper editorials on Hajj operations. The study finds that as a result of government involvement in the management of Hajj operations, Pilgrim Welfare Officers were recruited and posted to Local Government Areas to oversee the pilgrims and Hajj affairs, pilgrim uniforms and bags were introduced and Pilgrims Handbook were produced. There was also the construction of Hajj Transit Camp at Mando and the Kaduna International Airport to be use by pilgrims. These changes indeed show that the introduction of modern administrative changes into the affairs of Hajj has transformed the performance of Hajj into a state institutionalised body with all the government support.
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- ItemAN ARCHAEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATION OF IRON SMELTING SITES AT TSAUNI, GIWA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, KADUNA STATE, NIGERIA(2010-03)The recent archaeological research conducted at Tsauni iron smelting sites, Giwa Local Government Area, Kaduna state, Nigeria, was essentially a study of the iron smelting at Tsauni which involved archaeological surveying, excavation, metallurgical analyses and radio carbon dating. Archaeological surveying of Tsauni in this research project indicates considerable disparity in the physiographic and material evidence of the north and the south of the area. The spatial configuration of the material evidence at Tsauni suggests that the location of smelting sites was predicated on two factors: proximity to source of ore (as indicated in the closeness of sites to the lateritic outcrops commonly found in the area) and the source of water reflected in location near streams or gullies. Archaeological excavations conducted in the area also indicate close affinities between the furnaces used at Tsauni north and south which were draught induced type and the tuyeres which area also morphologically similar. From the metallurgical analyses of iron smelting residues, we discovered that mineralogical phases in the slag samples from Tsauni are essentially similar and are also closely related to samples from some sites in the Zaria region. Based on technical analyses therefore, we posit, that there were no marked differences in the pattern of iron smelting within Tsauni and other sites in the Zaria region. The C14 dates from Tsauni north and south, which fall within the first and fourth centuries AD further corroborate our view that smelting operations in the two areas were very similar, which goes to suggest that what have been construed as different sites may actually be the same. The dates appear to be strongly indicative of the existence of pre-Hausa iron smelters at Tsauni and the possibility that iron smelting spread to other parts of Zaria area from there.
- ItemAN ARCHAEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATION OF IRON SMELTING SITES AT TSAUNI, GIWA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, KADUNA STATE, NIGERIA(2010-03)The recent archaeological research conducted at Tsauni iron smelting sites, Giwa Local Government Area, Kaduna state, Nigeria, was essentially a study of the iron smelting at Tsauni which involved archaeological surveying, excavation, metallurgical analyses and radio carbon dating. Archaeological surveying of Tsauni in this research project indicates considerable disparity in the physiographic and material evidence of the north and the south of the area. The spatial configuration of the material evidence at Tsauni suggests that the location of smelting sites was predicated on two factors: proximity to source of ore (as indicated in the closeness of sites to the lateritic outcrops commonly found in the area) and the source of water reflected in location near streams or gullies. Archaeological excavations conducted in the area also indicate close affinities between the furnaces used at Tsauni north and south which were draught induced type and the tuyeres which area also morphologically similar. From the metallurgical analyses of iron smelting residues, we discovered that mineralogical phases in the slag samples from Tsauni are essentially similar and are also closely related to samples from some sites in the Zaria region. Based on technical analyses therefore, we posit, that there were no marked differences in the pattern of iron smelting within Tsauni and other sites in the Zaria region. The C14 dates from Tsauni north and south, which fall within the first and fourth centuries AD further corroborate our view that smelting operations in the two areas were very similar, which goes to suggest that what have been construed as different sites may actually be the same. The dates appear to be strongly indicative of the existence of pre-Hausa iron smelters at Tsauni and the possibility that iron smelting spread to other parts of Zaria area from there.