MansirMansir Muhammed
History & Governance/ Islamic Education & Educational Development

State Formation Chronology (Hausa Presence in the Waters of the Niger)

21records·4 fields·csv·3.4 KB·West Africa, tracking the river islands, banks, fortifications, and shifting administrative provincial boundaries along the Upper Middle Niger river course (specifically centering on Birnin Yauri, Matsafa Island, Ikun Island, Ngaski, and Shanga within modern Kebbi State, Northern Nigeria), with regional military and trade trajectories expanding outward to Katsina, Zaria, Nupe (Bida), Kontagora, Gwandu, and Sokoto.·c. 9th Century A.D. – 1918 A.D.

A structured historical-chronological, dynastic, and territorial-policy dataset cataloging 21 landmark historical milestones, dynastic transitions, external invasions, and colonial border re-allocations that map the evolution of the Yauri Kingdom from its early medieval roots through its formal configuration as a colonial Emirate under the British crown.

Source & Methodology

Extracted from primary Arabic-language royal letters, local Hausa dynastic king lists (Tarikh Sarakunan Yauri), early British colonial provincial gazetteers, and early administrative survey maps (incorporating Ryan's $1919$ historical audits) systemized by editors Prof. A.I. Yandaki, Prof. H.M. Maishanu, and Prof. M.U. Bunza in their definitive volume "Hausa Presence in the Waters of the Niger: A History of Yauri Kingdom from 1411 up to its Emirate Status".

Related Project

project / historical-political-western-sahel

Schema — 4 fields

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State FormationChronological TimelineYauri KingdomSonghai RemnantsGungun KafaGago LeadershipTafiraulu DynastySarauta KingshipKatsina MerchantsSarki YauriKasar UnificationJerabana DynastyAliyu KaryagiwaTsoede AssassinationNupe FounderCivil WarsIkun IslandAbdullahi AbarshiBritish Border AdjustmentsSecond Generation EmirateA I Yandaki

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