Warfare in the Sokoto Caliphate Historical and Sociological Perspectives African Studies No 19 1st Edition by Joseph Smaldone 9780521101424 0511759533

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ISBN 10: 0511759533

ISBN 13: 9780521101424

Author: Joseph P. Smaldone

The successful jihad of 1804 in Hausaland – perhaps the most important Islamic revolution in West African history, with consequences still apparent in Nigeria today – resulted in the establishment of the Sokoto Caliphate, the largest and most enduring West African polity in the nineteenth century. The book is a full length study of traditional Sudanic military history, and an authoritative analysis of warfare in its most prominent Islamic state. After a brief survey of the evolution of Sudanic warfare and military organisation before 1800, Dr Smaldone examines the historical development and sociological implications of the two important revolutions in military technology which occurred in the nineteenth century: the adoption of cavalry during the jihad period and the introduction of firearms in the latter half of the century. He argues that these two revolutions were causal factors in producing two structural transformations in the emirates of the Caliphate, first from relatively egalitarian combatant communities to feudal systems, and then to centralised bureaucratic state organisations.

Table of contents:

Part I. Historical Perspectives:

1. Introduction: Sudanic Warfare and Military Organisation to c. 1800

2. The Jihad Period

3. Military Organisation in the Sokoto Caliphate

4. Organisation for Defence and Security

5. The Theory and Practice of War

6. The Firearms Trade in the Central Sudan: The Expansion of the ‘Gun-frontier’

7. Firearms in the Sokoto Caliphate

Part II. Sociological Perspectives:

8. The Evolution of Politico-Military Organisation in the Sokoto Caliphate

9. The Functions of War in the Sokoto Caliphate

10. Warfare in the Sokoto Caliphate: Summary and Conclusions.

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