1,034,627,005 visitors served.
1,034,627,005 visitors served. |
|
 Dictionary/ thesaurus |  Medical dictionary |  Legal dictionary |  Financial dictionary |  Acronyms |  Idioms |  Encyclopedia |  Wikipedia encyclopedia | ? |
Zaria |
Also found in: Dictionary/thesaurus, Wikipedia, Hutchinson | 0.04 sec. |
|
Zaria (zä`rēə), city (1991 est. pop. 335,000), N Nigeria. It is the ginning center for Nigeria's main cotton-growing region. Cottonseed, peanuts, and shea-nut oil are produced. The city is on a major north-south railroad and highway and has an airport. First known as Zazzau, it was founded about A.D. 1000 and was one of the seven Hausa Hausa States. Long the vassals of Bornu , the states were conquered by the Songhay in 1513 and by the Fulani in the early 19th cent. In colonial Nigeria the traditional Hausa-Fulani social and political structure was largely maintained under the British policy of indirect rule. ..... Click the link for more information. city-states. The city was captured by the Fulani Fulani (f ..... Click the link for more information. in 1805 and included in the Sokoto Sokoto (sōkō`tō, sō`kətō), city (1987 est. pop. 164,000), NW Nigeria, on the Sokoto River. ..... Click the link for more information. caliphate. In 1901 British forces led by Frederick Lugard Lugard, Frederick John Dealtry Lugard, 1st Baron (l ..... Click the link for more information. took the city. Zaria is the seat of Ahmadu Bello Univ. (1962) and an agricultural school. The old part of the city is surrounded by walls. Zariaformerly ZazzauHistoric kingdom and traditional emirate, northern Nigeria. It was founded in the 11th century and was the southernmost of the original seven Hausa Bakwai states. Islam was introduced c. 1456, and there were Muslim Hausa rulers in the early 16th century. A Songhai warrior conquered Zazzau c. 1512. By the end of the century it was renamed Zaria and was in decline. It became a tributary state (c. 1734–1804) of the Bornu kingdom. In 1804 it came under the Fulani Muslims. The Zaria emirate was created in 1835. It remains one of Nigeria's largest traditional emirates, and it is one of the nation's leading producers of cotton for export. |
|
? Mentioned in | ? References in periodicals archive | |
|---|---|---|
The society, better known in the literature as the Zaria Art Society, has been accorded a key place in the art history of Nigeria. Their latest offering marks the arrival of Zaria Chance, a wannabe diva who frequently straddles the line between being outspoken and just downright bitchy in all of her relationships, not only with men. Zaria Gunn, another 6-year-old, can't wait to get out of her cramped quarters inside the school library. |
 |
| Free Tools: |
For surfers:
Browser extension |
Word of the Day |
Help
For webmasters: Free content | Linking | Lookup box | Double-click lookup | Partner with us |
|
|---|
Disclaimer |
Privacy policy |
Feedback | Copyright © 2008 Farlex, Inc.
Printer friendly
Cite / link
Email
Feedback
Zaria
