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Gobir polity
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343211475
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Approved
UPD
2012-06-13
DUT
Gobir rijk
IND
1
MIS
According to legend, one of the seven Hausa States, the northernmost outpost. People from Gobir known as Gobirawa.
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343211475
UDC
340.141.1Gobir
SN
ca. 1100-1900. Location: one of the Hausa Bakwai, the seven true Hausa states, situated on the Niger-Nigeria border and subdivided in 1900 between Niger (Zinder) and the British protectorate of Northern Nigeria.
MRF
321Gobir
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Nigerian polities
Nigerien polities
UF
Gobir Kingdom
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