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GANDO , a sultanate of See also:

BRITISH

British See also:

West See also:

Africa, included in the See also:

PROTECTORATE

protectorate of See also:

NIGERIA

Nigeria, situated on the See also:

LEFT

left See also:

BANK

bank of the See also:

Niger above See also:

BORGU, or BARBA

Borgu. The sultanate was established, c.1819, on the See also:

DEATH

death of See also:

OTHMAN (c. 574-656)

Othman See also:

DAN

Dan Fodio, the founder of the See also:

FULA (FULBE, FELLATAH or PEULS)

Fula See also:

EMPIRE

empire, and its See also:

AREA

area and importance varied considerably during the 19th See also:

CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century, several of the Fula emirates being regarded as tributaries, while Gando itself was more or less dependent on See also:

SOKOTO

Sokoto. Gando in the See also:

MIDDLE

middle of the century included both See also:

banks of the Niger at least as far N.W. as Say. The districts outside the British protectorate now belong to See also:

France. Since 1884 Gando has been in treaty relations with the British, and in 1903 the See also:

PART

part assigned to the British See also:

SPHERE (Gr. vclsa?pa, a ball or globe)

sphere by agreement with France came definitely under the See also:

CONTROL (Fr. contrdle, older form contre rolle, from Med. Lat. contra-rotulus, a counter roll or copy of a document used to check the original; there is no instance in English of the use of " control " in this, its literal, meaning)

control of the See also:

ADMINISTRATION (Lat. administrare, to serve)

administration in Nigeria. Gando now forms the sub-See also:

province of the See also:

double province of Sokoto. The emir was appointed under British authority after the See also:

CONQUEST

conquest of Sokoto in 1903. Since that date the province has been organized for administration on the same See also:

SYSTEM

system as the See also:

REST (O. Eng. rest, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. Ger. Rast, Riiste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasta, league, i.e. resting or stopping place)

rest of the protectorate of See also:

NORTHERN

Northern Nigeria. Provincial and native courts of See also:

JUSTICE (Lat. justitia)

justice have been established, roads have been opened, the slave See also:

trade has been abolished, and the See also:

COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country assessed under the new See also:

SCHEME (Lat. schema, Gr. oxfjya, figure, form, from the root axe, seen in exeiv, to have, hold, to be of such shape, form, &c.)

scheme for See also:

taxation. British garrisons are stationed at Jegga and Ambrusa. The See also:

CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief See also:

TOWN

town is Gando, situated on the Sokoto, the first considerable affluent of the Niger from the See also:

east, about 6o m. S.W. of the town of Sokoto.

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