The Making and Unmaking of the Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammadu Tambari: 1922-1931

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Title:	The Making and Unmaking of the Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammadu Tambari: 1922-1931
Author:	Tibenderana, Peter K.
Year:	1977
Periodical:	Journal of the Historical Society of Nigeria
Volume:	9
Issue:	1
Period:	December
Pages:	91-134
Language:	English
Geographic terms:	Northern Nigeria Nigeria
Subjects:	indirect rule traditional rulers history Sokoto polity History and Exploration Peoples of Africa (Ethnic Groups)
Abstract:	Aim of this paper: 1) to attempt to assess the degree to which British policy regarding the position of the Sultan of Sokoto at the time of resuscitation of Mahdism in the Sudan and Northern Nigeria during and immediately after World War I was dictated by their desire to make their rule in the area immune from Mahdist agitation at the expense of the ideals of 'Indirect Rule' as expounded by Sir F.D. Lugard and his lieutenants such as C.L. Temple; 2) to attempt to show how after realising that Muhammadu Tambari was intransigent in both state and religious matters coupled with the fact that there were some elements of discontent among some officials of the Sokoto Native Administration against his administration and also owing to the fact that Mahdism no longer appeared to pose a serious challenge to British rule in the Northern Provinces, Muhammadu Tambari was deposed in January 1931 by the British administration which in the first instance was largely responsible for his appointment in 1924. Ref.