Zaria, better known in Hausa as Zazzau (and in Arabic as Zakzak), was at the time of the outbreak of Sh. ʿUthmān b. Fodiye’s jihād in 1804, ruled by Emir Jatau, a man well disposed towards Islamic reform. However, he died within two years, and power was seized by Muḥammad Makau who was evidently less sympathetic. Meanwhile a man known only as Mallam Mūsā, a Fulani of Masina origin, who had been preaching and teaching in Zaria, went off to proclaim his allegiance to Sh. ʿUthmān. On his return to Zaria, accompanied by a Bor…
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“”, in: Arabic Literature of Africa Online, General Editor John O. Hunwick, R.S. O’Fahey. Online abgerufen am 28 March 2024 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/2405-4453_alao_COM_ALA_20009_3>
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