A Geography of Jihad: Sokoto Jihadism and the Islamic Frontier in West Africa

Stephanie Zehnle

Published by De Gruyter 2020

A Geography of Jihad

Sokoto Jihadism and the Islamic Frontier in West Africa

Stephanie Zehnle

Volume 37 in the series ZMO-Studien

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110675276

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This book addresses the Jihad movement that created the largest African state of the 19th century: the Sokoto Caliphate, existing for 99 years from 1804 until its military defeat by European colonial troops in 1903. The author carves out the entanglements of jihadist ideology and warfare with geographical concepts at Africa’s periphery of the Islamic world: geographical knowledge about the boundary between the “Land of Islam” and the “Land of War”; the pre-colonial construction of “the Muslim” and “the unbeliever”; and the transfer of ideas between political elites and mobile actors (traders, pilgrims, slaves, soldiers), whose reports helped shape new definitions of the African frontier of Islam. Research for this book is based on the study of a very wide range of Arabic and West African (Hausa, Fulfulde) manuscripts. Their policies reveal the persistent reciprocity of jihadist warfare and territorial statehood, of Africa and the Middle East. Stephanie Zehnle is Assistant Professor (JProf) of Extra-European History at Kiel University (Christian-Albrechts-Universität). Her work on African and trans-continental history includes research on the history of Islam, human-animal relations, and comics in Africa.

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Stephanie Zehnle, Christian-Albrechts-Universität Kiel.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	1
Content Publicly Available Download PDF	7
Acknowledgements Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	9
Note on Translation and Transcription Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	11
List of Figures Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	11
I. Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	13
II. The Course of the Jihad: Historiography, Literature, Sources Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	21
III. Sokoto Scholars Measuring This World Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	97
IV. Mobile Actors and the Transfer of Jihadist Knowledge on Space
1. Ancestral Travelers: »Reformers in Corrupt Times« Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	209
2. Pilgrims: »Camel Driver, Urge Them towards the East!« Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	285
3. Travelers by Profession: »Water and Its Threats« Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	333
4. Pastoralists of the Sahel and Sahara: »Colonizing Dead Land« Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	409
5. Migrants of War: Precarious and Sacred Routes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	436
V. Conclusions: Jihadist Geography and Geographical Jihad Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	617
Archives and Collections Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	651
Dictionaries Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	652
Online Repositories Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	652
Manuscripts Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	653
Edited Sources and Translations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	657
Secondary Literature Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	671
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(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Edition: Erstausgabe
Pages
- Front matter: 8
- Main content: 718
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 8
- Coloured Illustrations: 12
Keywords: Africa; Jihad; Islam

eBook

Published: January 20, 2020
ISBN: 9783110675276

Paperback

Published: January 20, 2020
ISBN: 9783879977277