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Question 4
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Analyse any five changes brought by Islam into Hausa land up to 1800. |
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This was a very popular question among the candidates. Although some derailed by attributing the changes to the effects of the jihad of Usman dan Fodio, quite a few number were able to give relevant answers and scored high marks. Some of the points they analysed included:
- Arabic education was introduced;
- many people in the states began to adopt Muslim names and titles;
- rulers in various states began to employ Muslim scholars in the government as secretaries and advisors who introduced new ideas of governance;
- the religion saw the replacement of traditional judges in the states’ judiciary by the “Qadis” or Muslim magistrates;
- it led to pilgrimage to Mecca by some of the people;
- use of Arabic language and literature, etc.
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