A HISTORY OF MAKARFI AREA C. 1779-1902
A HISTORY OF MAKARFI AREA C. 1779-1902
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2011-06
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ADAMU, AHMED
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This topic "A history of Makarfi area C. 1779-1902," is a study of the
Makarfi area. This covers the origin, socio-cultural, political and
economic development in the area in one hundred and twenty three
years (C. 1779-1902).
The area has been one of the districts of Zazzau Emirate located at the
extreme North. It has several towns and villages most of which predated
the 19th century Jihad (in the area). Some of these towns and
villages became vassals of the Emirate immediately after the Jihad. This
indicated the status of the area especially after the Jihad where those
vassals, especially, contributed their quota politically and economically
to the development of the Emirate.
Makarfi have undergone a process of being transferred from one
political system or polity to another. Although, this development had a
great impact on the economy and administration of the area, the sociocultural
set up, remained not much affected by the changes.
The period chosen for this study C. 1779 to 1902 covers the years when
most of the settlements evolved and assumed the status of full scale
settlements, to the period when Makarfi and indeed the Zazzau Emirate
fell under British Colonial domination.
Within the period, the area enjoyed a limited autonomy for a very short
period, C1779 to 1792, when it fell under the tutelage of Zazzau
kingdom.
The whole of the pre-Jihad Zazzau had undergone a general
transformation, that is, with the Jihad and the assumption of Islamic
system from the traditional, which change even its status from kingdom
to Emirate. This affected the general administration, economic and even
the socio-cultural activities of the state not only within the Zaria
metropolis but also at the vassal town and village levels in the state,
Makarfi area inclusive. The Emirate and Islamic system lasted for about
ninety-eight years when the British overthrew the Emirate of Zazzau in
1902 and replaced it with the colonial indirect rule system.
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THESIS SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE
REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF DEGREE OF
MASTER OF ARTS (HISTORY) OF THE AHMADU BELLO
UNIVERSITY, ZARIA
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HISTORY,, MAKARFI AREA,, C. 1779-1902,