The Kingdom of Zazzau, later renamed Zaria, was one of the seven original Hausa city-states, the Hausa Bakwai, in what is now Kaduna State, Nigeria, founded by at least the mid-sixteenth century and ruled from the capital that came to bear the new name. In the late sixteenth century the kingdom was renamed for Zaria, sister of its warrior queen Amina, and after Amina's death it fell under the influence of the Jukun kingdom, having earlier been a tributary state of the Songhai Empire in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. Fulani forces captured Zazzau during the Fulani jihad of 1805, after which it continued as the Zazzau Emirate under the Sokoto Caliphate until British forces under Frederick Lugard took control in 1901.
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WikipediaKingdom of Zazzau: Status
In the late sixteenth century the kingdom was renamed for Zaria, sister of its warrior queen Amina, and after Amina's death it fell under the influence of the Jukun kingdom, having earlier been a tributary state of the Songhai Empire in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries.
Kingdom of Zazzau: Aftermath
Following this, its dynasty was replaced by a Fulani (one subordinate to the Sokoto Caliphate), and the polity continues to exist today as the Zaria Emirate, a non-sovereign monarchy in Nigeria.
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The Kingdom of Zazzau () was a Hausa kingdom centred on the city of Zazzau (now Zaria) in modern-day northern Nigeria established sometime in the early second millennium, and endured until its conquest during the jihad of Usman dan Fodio in 1804.
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