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NUPE , formerly an See also:

INDEPENDENT

independent See also:

state of W. See also:

Africa, now a See also:

province in the See also:

BRITISH

British See also:

PROTECTORATE

protectorate of See also:

NIGERIA

Nigeria. Under See also:

FULA (FULBE, FELLATAH or PEULS)

Fula See also:

RULE

rule, Nupe occupied both See also:

banks of the See also:

Niger for a distance of some 150 M. above the See also:

BENUE

Benue confluence. Only the See also:

PART

part of Nupe See also:

north of the Niger now constitutes the province; See also:

AREA

area 6400 sq. m.; estimated pop. about 15o,000. It is in many portions highly cultivated, and owing to its admirable See also:

WATER

water See also:

SUPPLY (through Fr. from Lat. supplere, to fill up)

supply is likely to prove particularly valuable as a See also:

field for the extensive cultivation of See also:

cotton. See also:

BIDA

Bida (q.v.), the See also:

capital, is connected by railway (built 1907—1908) with Baro, a See also:

PORT

port on the Niger 70 M. above See also:

LOKOJA

Lokoja. Nupe had an See also:

ancient and very interesting. constitution of which the leading features were adopted by the Fula when their rule was established about the See also:

YEAR

year 1859. Bida was founded in that year. Nupe was conquered by the troops of the Niger See also:

COMPANY

Company in 1897, and the legal status of See also:

SLAVERY

slavery was then nominally abolished. The company was, however, unable to occupy 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, and on the withdrawal of its troops the deposed emir returned. In 1901 it became necessary to subdue Nupe a second See also:

time. British troops marched to Bida.

The emir fled without fighting and was deposed. Another emir was appointed in his See also:

PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place, took the See also:

OATH (0. Eng. ddh)

oath of See also:

ALLEGIANCE (Mid. Eng. ligeaunce; med. Lat. ligeantia, &c.; the al- was probably added through confusion with another legal term, allegeance, an allegation; the Fr. allegeance comes from the English; the word is formed from " liege," of which the derivatio

allegiance to the British See also:

CROWN

crown, and worked cordially with the British See also:

RESIDENT

resident who was stationed at Bida. The province is divided into three administrative districts—Bida, Lapai and Agaie. These are again divided into nine native districts, five to the See also:

west and four to the See also:

east of the Kaduna See also:

RIVER

river. Provincial courts of See also:

JUSTICE (Lat. justitia)

justice have been established. See NIGERIA, BIDA. For an interesting See also:

account of the ancient constitution of Nupe see " The Fulani Emirates of See also:

NORTHERN

Northern Nigeria," by See also:

Major J. A. Burdon in the Geo Journ., vol. See also:

XXIV

xxiv (See also:

LONDON

London, 1904).

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