History & Governance/ Pre-Colonial Slavery & Colonial Legal History
Key Actors — Caliphate (British Conquest of the Sokoto Caliphate)
15records·3 fields·csv·1.5 KB·West Africa and the Central Sudanic savanna, tracking the palace courts, garrison gates, and military theaters across the Sokoto Caliphate—specifically profiling the geopolitical decisions and commands emanating from the central capital of Sokoto, across the northern hubs of Kano, Kaura-Namoda, and Bauchi, the riverine emirates of Nupe, Kontagora, and Yawuri, down to the southern frontier of Ilorin and the eastern borderlands of Yola (Adamawa).·1898 A.D. – March 1903 A.D.
A structured prosopographical, biographical, and political-military dataset profiling 15 prominent rulers, state ministers, military generals, and regional titleholders within the Sokoto Caliphate who coordinated, led, participated in, or collaborated during the anti-colonial resistance against the British invasion between $1898$ A.D. and $1903$ A.D..
Source & Methodology
Extracted from primary Arabic-language correspondence files from the Sokoto vizierate (Sokoto Letters), local Hausa-language dynastic chronicles (Tarihin Kasar Hausa), diaries of early British Residents, and post-battle intelligence profiles compiled by the West African Frontier Force (WAFF) systemized within foundational regional historiographies covering the fall of the Caliphate.
Related Project
project / historical-political-western-sahel →Schema — 3 fields
Caliphate ActorsProsopographical RegistryElite RulersSultan AbdurrahmanSultan AttahiruEmir AbubakarKontagora CavalryEmir ZubeiruEmir SuleimanIlorin CollaborationBalogun AjikobiBalogun AlanamuUnderground DissidentsFlank CommandersSarkin RabahMagajin KeffiCasus BelliHijra MigrationAsymmetric Sovereignty