Hausa city-states

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historical polity precolonial African state system

The Hausa city-states were a network of powerful, walled urban centers in what is now northern Nigeria and surrounding regions, known for their role as hubs of trans-Saharan trade, Islamic scholarship, and Hausa culture before colonial rule.

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All labels observed (9)

Label Occurrences
Hausa city-states canonical 10
Hausa states 4
Hausa Kingdoms 1

Statements (72)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical polity ⓘ
precolonial African state system ⓘ
conflict Fulani Jihad ⓘ
culturalRole centers of Arabic literacy ⓘ
centers of Hausa culture ⓘ
centers of Islamic scholarship ⓘ
centers of craft production ⓘ
economy regional trade ⓘ
trans-Saharan trade ⓘ
ethnicGroup Hausa people ⓘ
floruit c. 1000–1800 CE ⓘ
followedBy British colonial rule ⓘ
Sokoto Caliphate ⓘ
governmentType centralized kingdom ⓘ
hasCapital Biram ⓘ
Daura ⓘ
Gobir ⓘ
Gwandu ⓘ
Hadejia ⓘ
Kano ⓘ
Katsina Emirate ⓘ
surface form: Katsina

Keffi ⓘ
Kwararafa ⓘ
Nupe ⓘ
Rano ⓘ
Yauri ⓘ
Zamfara State ⓘ
surface form: Zamfara

Zaria ⓘ
hasFeature market towns ⓘ
urban centers ⓘ
walled cities ⓘ
headOfGovernment Sarki ⓘ
influencedBy Mali Empire ⓘ
Songhai Empire ⓘ
language Hausa ⓘ
surface form: Hausa language
legalSystem Hausa customary law ⓘ
Islamic law ⓘ
locatedIn Sudanic belt ⓘ
West Africa ⓘ
northern Benin ⓘ
northern Nigeria ⓘ
southern Niger ⓘ
militaryFeature cavalry ⓘ
city walls ⓘ
notableCity Biram ⓘ
Daura ⓘ
Gobir ⓘ
Kano ⓘ
Katsina Emirate ⓘ
surface form: Katsina

Rano ⓘ
Zaria ⓘ
partOf Hausaland ⓘ
politicalStructure independent city-states ⓘ
monarchies ⓘ
precededBy earlier Hausa chiefdoms ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
religiousInstitution Quranic schools ⓘ
mosques ⓘ
socialClass artisans ⓘ
nobility ⓘ
slaves ⓘ
traders ⓘ
socialStructure hierarchical ⓘ
timePeriod early modern period ⓘ
medieval period ⓘ
tradedGood gold ⓘ
grain ⓘ
kolanuts ⓘ
leather goods ⓘ
salt ⓘ
slaves ⓘ
textiles ⓘ

Referenced by (21)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hausa-Fulani → historicallyLinkedTo → Hausa city-states ⓘ
Katsina Emirate → culturalSphere → Hausa city-states ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hausa cultural area
Hausaland → knownFor → Hausa city-states ⓘ
Ngazargamu → connectedByTradeRoutesTo → Hausa city-states ⓘ
Kanem Empire → neighbor → Hausa city-states ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hausa states
Trans-Saharan trade routes → enabledRiseOf → Hausa city-states ⓘ
Fulani Jihad → opponent → Hausa city-states ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hausa kingdoms
Fulani Jihad → precededBy → Hausa city-states ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hausa city-state system
Sokoto Jihad → participant → Hausa city-states ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hausa states
Nupe → historicallyInteractedWith → Hausa city-states ⓘ
Fulani Empire → precededBy → Hausa city-states ⓘ
Hausa Bakwai → translation → Hausa city-states ⓘ
this entity surface form: Seven Hausa (city‑states)
Hausa Bakwai → partOf → Hausa city-states ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hausa states
Emir of Zazzau → partOf → Hausa city-states ⓘ
Hausa architecture → historicalContext → Hausa city-states ⓘ
Central Sudan → historicallyIncluded → Hausa city-states ⓘ
Zaria Emirate → culturalIdentity → Hausa city-states ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hausa-Fulani Islamic emirate
Zaria City Walls → builtBy → Hausa city-states ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hausa kingdom
Kofar Doka gate → associatedWith → Hausa city-states ⓘ
Daura Emirate → partOf → Hausa city-states ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hausa Kingdoms
Askia Muhammad I → expandedInto → Hausa city-states ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hausa states