Gwandu

The emirate of Gwandu ( alternative names Gando or Igwandu ) was a historical kingdom of the Fulani in the area of present-day West African nation of Nigeria.

To the west of Great Landscape Sudan it was east of Massina, on both banks of the Niger and southern handed it to the mouth of Benue. It consisted of several provinces that were loosely connected to each other. End of the 19th century, it had an area of ​​203,309 km ² and had an estimated population of five million.

The individual parts of the country Gwandus were: the western half of the landscape Kebbi the capital of Gwandu and the dilapidated around the city Birnin Kebbi 1888 ( different spelling Birni -n- Kebbi ), which was once the center of a powerful kingdom. Furthermore, the desert-like landscape Aréoua, Saberma with a wide Natronthal, Dendima, a large part of Gwandurma and a little of Borgu, a large part of Yoruba with the city of Ilorin, Jaurie and finally the landscape Nupe, which then had a thriving cotton industry. Gwandu was ruled by a Sultan who was with the Sultanate of Sokoto cognate, but subject to him.

Since March 1903 it was then part of the British protectorate of Northern Nigeria.

List of Emirs of Gwandu

Adamawa | Bondu | Denanke | Djelgodji | Fouta Djallon | Fouta Toro | Gando | Liptako | Massina | Sokoto

  • Historical State in Africa
  • History ( Nigeria)
  • Fulbe
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