Katsina Emirate

E66198
Hausa-Fulani polity emirate traditional state

Katsina Emirate is a historic Hausa-Fulani Islamic state and traditional polity centered on the city of Katsina, which played a major role in the political and commercial history of what is now northern Nigeria.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Katsina 18
Katsina Emirate canonical 14
Katsina Emirate Council 3

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Hausa-Fulani polity ⓘ
emirate ⓘ
traditional state ⓘ
associatedWith Katsina central mosque ⓘ
Katsina royal palace (Gidan Korau) ⓘ
capital Katsina State ⓘ
surface form: Katsina
centeredOn city of Katsina ⓘ
colonialEraStatus emirate under British indirect rule ⓘ
colonialPower British Empire ⓘ
commercialRole regional market hub ⓘ
trans-Saharan trade center ⓘ
continuesAs subnational traditional authority in modern Nigeria ⓘ
country Nigeria ⓘ
culturalSphere Hausa city-states ⓘ
surface form: Hausa cultural area
currentStatus recognized traditional institution in Nigeria ⓘ
economicActivities agriculture ⓘ
craft production ⓘ
long-distance trade ⓘ
ethnicComposition Fulani ⓘ
Hausa ⓘ
foundingCulture Hausa city-state tradition ⓘ
governmentType monarchy ⓘ
historicalRegion Sahel ⓘ
Sudan belt ⓘ
influencedBy Sokoto Caliphate ⓘ
language Hausa ⓘ
legalSystem Sharia-based customary law ⓘ
locatedIn northern Nigeria ⓘ
modernLocation Katsina State ⓘ
neighboringPolitiesHistorically Daura Emirate ⓘ
Kano Emirate (pre-jihad Hausa state) ⓘ
surface form: Kano Emirate

Zazzau Emirate ⓘ
surface form: Zazzau (Zaria) Emirate
partOf Hausaland ⓘ
playsRoleIn commercial history of northern Nigeria ⓘ
political history of northern Nigeria ⓘ
politicalRole emirate within the Sokoto Caliphate ⓘ
major Hausa city-state ⓘ
precolonialStatus Islamic state ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
religiousInstitutionRole center of Islamic scholarship ⓘ
religiousTradition Sunni Islam ⓘ
rulerTitle Emir of Katsina ⓘ
scriptUsedHistorically Ajami (Arabic script for Hausa) ⓘ
sovereigntyStatus lost full sovereignty under British rule ⓘ
subdivisionOf Northern Nigeria ⓘ
surface form: Northern Nigeria Protectorate

Northern Region of Nigeria ⓘ
traditionalCouncil Katsina Emirate self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Katsina Emirate Council
traditionalSuccession hereditary rulership ⓘ

Referenced by (36)

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

Northern Nigeria → hasHistoricalEntity → Katsina Emirate ⓘ
Northern Nigeria → hasMajorCity → Katsina Emirate ⓘ
this entity surface form: Katsina
Sokoto Caliphate → hasPart → Katsina Emirate ⓘ
Zazzau Emirate → borderedBy → Katsina Emirate ⓘ
Katsina Emirate → traditionalCouncil → Katsina Emirate self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Katsina Emirate Council
Hausa people → historicalCity → Katsina Emirate ⓘ
this entity surface form: Katsina
Katsina State → capital → Katsina Emirate ⓘ
this entity surface form: Katsina
Katsina State → largestCity → Katsina Emirate ⓘ
this entity surface form: Katsina
Katsina State → hasTraditionalInstitution → Katsina Emirate ⓘ
Katsina State → hasCity → Katsina Emirate ⓘ
this entity surface form: Katsina
Katsina State → namedAfter → Katsina Emirate ⓘ
this entity surface form: Katsina
Hausaland → majorCity → Katsina Emirate ⓘ
this entity surface form: Katsina
Fulani Jihad → opponent → Katsina Emirate ⓘ
this entity surface form: Katsina
Sokoto Jihad → opponent → Katsina Emirate ⓘ
this entity surface form: Katsina
Hausa city-states → hasCapital → Katsina Emirate ⓘ
this entity surface form: Katsina
Hausa city-states → notableCity → Katsina Emirate ⓘ
this entity surface form: Katsina
Daura → partOf → Katsina Emirate ⓘ
this entity surface form: Katsina Emirate area
Hausa Bakwai → hasPart → Katsina Emirate ⓘ
this entity surface form: Katsina
Central Sudan → historicallyIncluded → Katsina Emirate ⓘ
Sabon Gari → foundInCity → Katsina Emirate ⓘ
this entity surface form: Katsina
Emir of Katsina → locatedIn → Katsina Emirate ⓘ
Emir of Katsina → capital → Katsina Emirate ⓘ
this entity surface form: Katsina
Emir of Katsina → titleHolderOf → Katsina Emirate ⓘ
Emir of Katsina → jurisdiction → Katsina Emirate ⓘ
Katsina royal palace (Gidan Korau) → locatedIn → Katsina Emirate ⓘ
this entity surface form: Katsina
Katsina royal palace (Gidan Korau) → partOf → Katsina Emirate ⓘ
Katsina royal palace (Gidan Korau) → governedBy → Katsina Emirate ⓘ
this entity surface form: Katsina Emirate Council
Katsina royal palace (Gidan Korau) → associatedWith → Katsina Emirate ⓘ
Katsina central mosque → locatedIn → Katsina Emirate ⓘ
subject surface form: Katsina Central Mosque
this entity surface form: Katsina
Katsina central mosque → locatedIn → Katsina Emirate ⓘ
subject surface form: Katsina Central Mosque
Katsina central mosque → affiliation → Katsina Emirate ⓘ
subject surface form: Katsina Central Mosque
Katsina central mosque → governingBody → Katsina Emirate ⓘ
subject surface form: Katsina Central Mosque
this entity surface form: Katsina Emirate Council
Katsina central mosque → servesCommunity → Katsina Emirate ⓘ
subject surface form: Katsina Central Mosque
Northwest geopolitical zone of Nigeria → majorCity → Katsina Emirate ⓘ
this entity surface form: Katsina
Northwest geopolitical zone of Nigeria → capitalCityOfStateWithinZone → Katsina Emirate ⓘ
this entity surface form: Katsina
Daura Emirate → associatedWith → Katsina Emirate ⓘ