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The African Caliphate 2: Ideals, Policies and Operation of the Sokoto Caliphate

Ibraheem Sulaiman(Auth.)
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This scholarly work focuses on the establishment in 1809, in what is today Northern Nigeria, of the celebrated Sokoto caliphate, which may well have been the last complete re-establishment, anywhere in the world, of Islam in its entirety, comprising all its many and varied dimensions.

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The African Caliphate 2 – Ideals, Policies and Operation of the Sokoto Caliphate

Continuing the story of the Sokoto caliphate after the death of Shehu Usman, The African Caliphate 2 charts the political and intellectual development of a strong Islamic government covering:

* Theory of Government

* Leaders, laws snd key political institutions

* Justice, social morality, public welfare and defence

* Principles of statecraft

* Place of war in the creation and consolidation of a state

* The people, their religious commitment and family obligations

* Role of women in the Islamic community

The Sokoto Caliphate of West Africa exemplifies such a state during its development. Emerging from a city-state in the early nineteenth century. By the time the British took over in 1903 it encompassed an area nearly twice the size of the present-day United Kingdom.

The author examines the work and lives of Muhammed Bello, the architect of the Caliphate, and other leaders. He judges West Africa’s encounters with the West — with Mungo Park, Major Dixon Denham, Commander Hugh Clapperton and Dr. Walter Oudney — and decries the plunder of Africa’s human and natural resources.

With the establishment of Nigeria in 1914 and the British withdrawal in 1960, the author looks toward the regeneration of the Islamic state in West Africa.

This book is for historians of Africa snd Islam and for those studying the development of government in all its contexts – political, social, intellectual and moral. For African and Black Studies programmes, The Islamic Caliphate 2 is essential.

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About the author

Ibraheem Sulaiman: Ibraheem Sulaiman is a Nigerian legal scholar and academic specialist in Islamic law. He holds a teaching position in the faculty of law at Ahmadu Bello University in Zaria, Nigeria, and is a research fellow at the university's Centre for Islamic Legal Studies. He previously served as director of that center for a decade, making him one of its most senior figures. His research and public engagements focus on Islam, Sharia, and political thought, and he has presented papers at conferences and seminars across many countries. He is the author of two major works on the Sokoto Caliphate: The African Caliphate: The Life, Works, and Teaching of Shaykh Usman Dan Fodio, and The African Caliphate 2: Ideals, Policies and Operation of the Sokoto Caliphate, both published by Diwan Press.

Specifications
EAN 13 / ISBN 9781914397141
Publisher Diwan Press
Author Ibraheem Sulaiman
Pages 208
Year Published 2020
Size W-5.9 in | H-8.2 in | D-0.5 in
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