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    The document summarizes the history of the kingdom and emirate of Katsina in northern Nigeria. It states that the kingdom was founded in the 10th-11th century and Islam was introduced in 1450. In the 15th-16th centuries, Katsina prospered from trans-Saharan trade but was conquered by Songhai in 1513. In the early 18th century, Katsina replaced Timbuktu as a major center of Islamic learning. In 1804, the Fulani led a revolt and captured Katsina town in 1806, establishing the Katsina Emirate. In the 19th century, the emirate declined as it lost territory and was made part of K

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    5/20/23, 10:41 AM Katsina -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia

    Katsina
    Katsina, historic kingdom and emirate in northern Nigeria. According to tradition, the
    kingdom, one of the Hausa Bakwai (“Seven True Hausa States”), was founded in the 10th or
    11th century. Islām was introduced in the 1450s, and Muhammad Korau (reigned late 15th
    century) was Katsina’s first Muslim king. During his reign camel caravans crossed the Sahara
    from Ghudāmis (Ghadames), Tripoli, and Tunis southward to Katsina and brought such
    prosperity to the state that it became caught in the rivalry between the great West African
    empires of Songhai (Gao) and Bornu. In 1513 Katsina was conquered by the Songhai.

    The original walls around Katsina town, the kingdom’s capital, were built in the mid-16th
    century. In 1554 Katsina defeated the forces of Songhai and, in 1570, those of Kano, its
    principal rival in the trans-Saharan trade. After Moroccan armies had vanquished Songhai in
    1591, Katsina was (until the end of the 18th century) a tributary state of Bornu. Katsina
    entered its greatest period of prosperity in the early 18th century. Besides being the leading
    Hausa commercial state, it replaced Timbuktu (Tombouctou) as the chief West African centre
    of Islāmic studies. Later in the century, wars with Gobir, a Hausa state to the northwest,
    marked the beginning of Katsina’s decline.

    Fulani herdsmen settled in Katsina by the 15th century, and in 1804 the Fulani jihad (holy
    war) leader, Usman dan Fodio, led a revolt (beginning in Gobir) against the Hausa overlords.
    The Fulani leader Umaru Dallaji captured Katsina town in 1806 and was named the first
    Katsina emir with Katsina as his seat. The emirate was governed by the representative of the
    sultan of Sokoto (a town 160 miles [258 km] west) as well as the local emir. Many of the
    Hausa nobility and people fled to Dankama (25 miles [40 km] northeast) and to Tassawa
    (Tessaoua) and Maradi in Niger, where they proclaimed a Hausa Katsina chiefdom. Their raids
    throughout the 19th century weakened the Fulani emir and Katsina town (which was surpassed
    by Kano).

    In 1903 Katsina’s emir pledged allegiance to the British rulers of Northern Nigeria. When the
    British and French set the present Niger-Nigeria boundary in 1904, Katsina emirate was
    reduced in size and made a part of Kano province. Much of its former territory is now in
    Katsina state.

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    Citation Information
    Article Title: Katsina
    Website Name: Encyclopaedia Britannica
    Publisher: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.
    Date Published: 20 July 1998
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    Access Date: May 20, 2023

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