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Keffi
(64 words)

1. Ḥurūb Makama Dogo.

On the exploits of ʿUmar Makama Dogo, a wandering Hausa soldier of fortune and founder of Nassarawa, d. c. 1858 (see Mahdi (1978), 102).

2. Masʾalat juyūsh balad Kaffī.

MS: Zaria, 123/1.

3. Q. fī taʾrīkh al-juyūsh (sic) amīr Lafiyā.

Attrib. to Malam Maina al-Barbarī.

MS: Zaria, 122/7.

4. Taʾrīkh Makama Dogo.

In Hausa.

MS: Zaria, 123/2.

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“Keffi”, in: Arabic Literature of Africa Online, General Editor John O. Hunwick, R.S. O’Fahey. Consulted online on 03 December 2023 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/2405-4453_alao_COM_ALA_20014_25>
First published online: 2016



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