Hausa Bakwai

E294473
Hausa city‑states historical polity grouping

Hausa Bakwai refers to the traditional group of seven original Hausa city-states that formed the core of Hausa civilization in what is now northern Nigeria and southern Niger.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Hausa Bakwai canonical 2
Hausa civilization 1

Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Hausa city‑states ⓘ
historical polity grouping ⓘ
appliesToPart Northern Nigeria ⓘ
Southern Niger ⓘ
associatedWithDynasty Hausa ruling dynasties ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
coreOf Hausa Bakwai self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Hausa civilization
country Niger ⓘ
Nigeria ⓘ
culturalIdentityRole marker of Hausa identity ⓘ
culturalSphere Sahel ⓘ
distinguishedFrom Banza Bakwai ⓘ
economicActivity agriculture ⓘ
craft production ⓘ
trans‑Saharan trade ⓘ
ethnicGroup Hausa people ⓘ
hasCapitalType walled cities ⓘ
hasLegend Bayajidda legend ⓘ
hasPart Biram ⓘ
Daura ⓘ
Gobir ⓘ
Kano ⓘ
Katsina Emirate ⓘ
surface form: Katsina

Rano ⓘ
Zazzau Emirate ⓘ
surface form: Zazzau
hasSourceType Islamic chronicles ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ
historiographicalCategory traditional Hausa historiography ⓘ
influenced later Hausa emirates ⓘ
languageOfName Hausa ⓘ
surface form: Hausa language
locatedInTimePeriod medieval West Africa ⓘ
pre‑colonial era ⓘ
numberOfParts 7 ⓘ
partOf Hausa city-states ⓘ
surface form: Hausa states

Hausaland ⓘ
politicalStructure city‑state system ⓘ
region West Africa ⓘ
religionHistorically African traditional religion ⓘ
religionLater Islam ⓘ
traditionalStatus original Hausa city‑states ⓘ
translation Hausa city-states ⓘ
surface form: Seven Hausa (city‑states)

Referenced by (3)

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

Zazzau Emirate → partOf → Hausa Bakwai ⓘ
Hausa Bakwai → coreOf → Hausa Bakwai self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hausa civilization
Biram → partOf → Hausa Bakwai ⓘ