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Record Nr.

UNINA9910457366103321

Titolo

Thus ruled Emir Abbas [[electronic resource] ] : selected cases from the records of the Emir of Kano's Judicial Council / / Allen Christelow, editor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

East Lansing, : Michigan State University Press, 1994

ISBN

1-60917-268-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (307 p.)

Collana

African historical sources ; ; no. 5

Altri autori (Persone)

ʻAbbās, Emir of Kano

ChristelowAllan <1947->

Disciplina

349.669/78

346.6978

Soggetti

Law - Nigeria - Kano State - History

Law - Nigeria - Kano State

Electronic books.

Nigeria History 1900-1960 Sources

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Kano Emirate and Its Neighbors (Map); Glossary of Arabic and Hausa Terms; Transcription; Calendar Conversion Table; Currency and Dates; Preface; Introduction; 1. Establishing and Maintaining Rights to Land; 2. The Land Rights of Travelers and Emigrants; 3. Selling, Pawning, Loaning, and Donating Land; 4. Houses; 5. The Return of Property Seized During the Basasa; 6. The Sale and Ownership of Animals; 7. Animal Theft; 8. The Redemption and Emancipation of Slaves; 9. The Conditions of Slaves: Options and Resistance; 10. Theft of Goods and Money; 11. Violence and Fear; Bibliography

Original Texts (Photocopies arranged in chronological sequence)

Sommario/riassunto

Thus Ruled Emir Abbas is an important new research tool that reveals much about daily life in Kano, the wealthiest and most populous emirate of the African Sokoto Caliphate. It contains a selection of Kano Judicial Council documents, as well as their English translations, that deal with matters such as land disputes, tax collection disputes, and theft. These documents are invaluable resources that reveal much about Kano social, economic, and political life before the region came



under the influence of colonial institutions, law, and language. This selection of records for mor