A HISTORY OF KARU, KURAPB ANIJ KURUDU KINGDOMS A STUDY OF ECONOMIC SOCIAL AND POLITICAL CHANGE AMONG GBAGYI OF CENTRAL NIGERIA IN "THE 18TH AND 19TH CENTURIES.
A HISTORY OF KARU, KURAPB ANIJ KURUDU KINGDOMS A STUDY OF ECONOMIC SOCIAL AND POLITICAL CHANGE AMONG GBAGYI OF CENTRAL NIGERIA IN "THE 18TH AND 19TH CENTURIES.
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1994
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PILABA, MAILAFIYA ARUWA
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Abstract
This thesis is an attempt at the reconstruction
of the history of Karu, Kurape and Kurudu kingdoms
c. '1700-1900 A.D. These were Gbagyl kingdoms located
in the heart of Nigeria. By the beginning of the 17th
century the area had been occupied by the g'bagyi and
under the p o l i t i c a l control of Kurape for at least a
century. However, by the end of the 18th centuiy the
internal contradictions and the pressures of external
forces disabled Kurape effective control of Karu and
Kurudu area. By the beginning of the 19th century
Karu and Kurudu had become splinter states with defined
boundaries. Although they had become indapendent of
Kurape, they s t i l l maintained some economic, cultural
and military t i e s , and sometimes organised consorti im
military efforts in order to ward off and curb
extern a l attacks.
In the course of t h i s study it was consistently
argued that the internal factors were of paramount
importance in the emergence of the kingdoms. And tJ
s p l i t of Kurape kingdom was to a larger extent caused
by the rulers of Kurape who raided their subjects.
The major challenge these kingdoms faced in the
19th century was the jihadista a c t i v i t i e s in the region.
F i r s t , there sharp demographic changes. The
jihadists a c t i v i t i e s forced down the Hausa, Gwandara,
Description
A Thesis Submitted to the Post-graduate School,
Ahmadu Bello University, in Partial Fulfilment of
the Requirements for the Award of the Degree of Master
of Arts (M.A.)
Department of History
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
Ahmadu Bello University
Zaria.
Keywords
A HISTORY OF KARU,, KURAPB ANIJ KURUDU KINGDOMS,, A STUDY OF ECONOMIC SOCIAL AND POLITICAL CHANGE,, GBAGYI OF CENTRAL NIGERIA,, "THE 18TH AND 19TH CENTURIES.