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2012-03-23
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Busa
IND
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LCSH: Busa language; AE: Busa; E: Busa. 301.185.12Kisra is not an ethnic group. The precolonial Borgu-States (Western Nigeria and Northern Benin) were headed by a warrior aristocracy called the Wasangari. Their legendary ancestor, a Persian king called Kisra, is said to have come from the east to settle in what is now called Nigeria; see J.D. Fage: The history of West Africa, p. 9-10)
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294902996
UDC
301.185.12Busa 301.185.12Kisra
MRF
316.356.4Busa
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Beninese peoples
Nigerian peoples
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Boka
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