KONTAGORA  , a See also:

• PROVINCE
• PROVINCE (Lat. provincia; perhaps a contraction of providentia)

province in the See also:

• BRITISH

British See also:

• PROTECTORATE

protectorate of See also:

• NORTHERN

Northern See also:

• NIGERIA

Nigeria, on the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east See also:

• BANK

bank of the See also:

• NIGER
• NIGER, GAIUS PESCENNIUS

Niger to the See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north of See also:

• NUPE

Nupe and opposite See also:

• BORGU, or BARBA

Borgu . It is bounded W. by the Niger, S. by the province of Nupe, E. by that of See also:

• ZARIA

Zaria, and N. by that of See also:

• SOKOTO

Sokoto . It has an See also:

• AREA

area of 14,500 sq . M. and a See also:

• POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population estimated at about 8o,000 . At the See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time of the British occupation of Northern Nigeria the province formed a See also:

• FULA (FULBE, FELLATAH or PEULS)

Fula emirate . Before the Fula domination, which was established in 1864, the See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient See also:

• PAGAN
• PAGAN (Lat. paganus, of or belonging to a pagus, a canton, county district, village, commune)

pagan See also:

• KINGDOM

kingdom of Yauri was the most important of the lesser kingdoms which occupied this territory . The Fula See also:

• CONQUEST

conquest was made from Nupe on the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south and a tribe of See also:

• INDEPENDENT

independent and warlike pagans continued to hold 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 between Kontagora and Sokoto on the north . The province was brought under British domination in 1901 as the result of a military expedition sent to prevent audacious slave-raiding in British protected territory and of threats directed against the British military station of Jebba on the Niger . The See also:

• TOWN

town of Kontagora was taken in See also:

• JANUARY

January of 1901 . The emir See also:

• IBRAHIM

Ibrahim fled, and was not captured till See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early in 1902 . The province, after having been held for a time in military occupation, was'organized for See also:

• ADMINISTRATION (Lat. administrare, to serve)

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 . In 1903 Ibrahim, after agreeing to take 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 to accept the usual conditions of See also:

• APPOINTMENT, POWER OF

appointment, which include the abolition of the slave See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade within the province, was reinstated as emir and the British See also:

• GARRISON
• GARRISON, WILLIAM LLOYD (1805-1879)

garrison was withdrawn .

Since then the development of the province has progressed favourably . Roads have been opened and Kontagora connected by See also:

• TELEGRAPH (Gr. Tike, far, and rypaq5eiv, to write)

telegraph with headquarters at Zungeru . British courts of See also:

• JUSTICE (Lat. justitia)

justice have been established at the British headquarters, and native courts in every See also:

• DISTRICT

district . In 1904 an expedition reduced to submission the hitherto independent tribes in the northern See also:

• BELT (a word common to Teutonic languages, the Old Ger. form being bale, from which the Lat. balteus probably derived)
• BELT, THOMAS (1832-1878)

belt, who had up to that time blocked the road to Sokoto . Their arms were confiscated and their country organized as a district of the province under a See also:

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

chief and a British assistant See also:

• RESIDENT

resident .