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Adamawa polity       Search catalogue 294896554

APP
2002-02-12

INP
2002-02-12

STA
Approved

UPD
2012-07-20

DUT
Adamawa rijk

IND
1

MIS
BR. Adamawa had previously been called Fumbina (or Southland), and was a Fula homeland. Adama, a high-ranking Fulani officer, conquered the territory in 1806 and renamed it Adamawa. It became a Muslim emirate subject to the Fulani Empire. Kings and rulers: Alhaji Aliyu Mustafa bi Muhammad Mustafa, 11th Emir (Baban Lamido) of Adamawa, from 1953

PPN
294896554

UDC
340.141.1Adama 340.141.1Adamawa

SN
1806-1901. Location: Nigeria and partially Cameroon.

MRF
321Adamawa

BT1
Cameroonian polities
Nigerian polities

UF
Adamaua Emirate
Adamawa Emirate
Fombina Emirate
Foumbina Emirate
Old Adamawa Emirate

BSO
09.01.02 NAMED POLITIES

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