"Where is My Region?" Geographical Representation and Textuality in Sokoto
This paper is devoted to geographical knowledge of the world and the definition of homeland and outland among the elite of the early Sokoto Caliphate (ca. 1800–1840). It argues that with the creation of a territorial jihadist state, geography became an important tool within religious and political d...
| Veröffentlicht in: | Islamic Africa. - Northwestern University Press. - 9(2018), 1, Seite 10-33 |
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| Format: | Online-Aufsatz |
| Sprache: | English |
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2018
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| Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk: | Islamic Africa |
| Schlagworte: | Sokoto Sahel geography cartography Land of Islam Land of Unbelief jihad frontier Hausa landscape |
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