Bauchi Emirate

Bauchi Emirate
  • Masarautar Bauchi (Hausa)
  • 𞤤𞤢𞤥𞤮𞤪𞤣𞤫 𞤦𞤢𞤵𞤷𞥅𞤭 (Fula)
Flag of Bauchi Emirate
Flag
Map of the Sokoto Caliphate in 1870.
Map of the Sokoto Caliphate in 1870.
StatusVassal of the Sokoto Caliphate
CapitalBauchi
10°18′57″N 09°50′39″E / 10.31583°N 9.84417°E / 10.31583; 9.84417
Ethnic groups
Hausa
Fulani
Religion
Islam
Demonym(s)Dan Bauchi
GovernmentEmirate
Establishment1805
Location of Bauchi Emirate
Today part ofBauchi State, Nigeria

The Bauchi Emirate (Fula: Lamorde Bauchi 𞤤𞤢𞤥𞤮𞤪𞤣𞤫 𞤦𞤢𞤵𞤷𞥅𞤭) was founded by Yaqubu dan Dadi in the early 19th century in what is now Bauchi State, Nigeria, with its capital in Bauchi. The emirate came under British "protection" in the colonial era, and is now denoted a traditional state.[1]

  1. ^ "Bauchi Emirate". ztopics.com. Retrieved 2022-09-06.

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