03150nam 2200625 a 450 991078156770332120230421050632.01-60917-268-X(CKB)2550000000065816(EBL)1672242(SSID)ssj0000652318(PQKBManifestationID)11457080(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000652318(PQKBWorkID)10641760(PQKB)11667194(MiAaPQ)EBC3338185(OCoLC)624400846(MdBmJHUP)muse12683(Au-PeEL)EBL3338185(CaPaEBR)ebr10514575(OCoLC)876514215(EXLCZ)99255000000006581619931220d1994 uc 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThus ruled Emir Abbas[electronic resource] selected cases from the records of the Emir of Kano's Judicial Council /Allen Christelow, editorEast Lansing Michigan State University Press19941 online resource (307 p.)African historical sources ;no. 5Description based upon print version of record.0-87013-359-4 Includes bibliographical references.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; BibliographyOriginal Texts (Photocopies arranged in chronological sequence)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 morAfrican historical sources ;no. 5.LawNigeriaKano StateHistoryLawNigeriaKano StateCasesNigeriaHistory1900-1960SourcesLawHistory.Law349.669/78346.6978ʻAbbāsEmir of Kano.1495594Christelow Allan1947-1495595MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910781567703321Thus ruled Emir Abbas3719696UNINA