13th century – 15th century
Azbin, Gobir, and Hausaland
The Tuareg entered Hausaland through Azbin in the late fourteenth century and soon came into conflict with the Hausa of Gobir. They later displaced the Hausa ruler from the Azbin area and established a sultanate at Agades in 1495. Their activities combined pastoral mobility, exchange with settled agricultural communities, and raids south of Azbin.
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The Story
The Tuareg entered Hausaland through Azbin in the late fourteenth century, bringing them into direct conflict with the Hausa people of Gobir. Their movement formed part of the wider circulation of pastoral communities across the central Sudan. Unlike a territorial conquest aimed at dense settlement, Tuareg activity remained strongly connected to grazing, exchange, and mobility.
The Tuareg later dislodged the Hausa ruler of Gobir from the Azbin area and established their own sultanate in Agades in 1495. This development gave the Tuareg a durable political base near an important northern corridor. The excerpt presents the foundation of the Agades sultanate as the culmination of an earlier period of confrontation and displacement.
As pastoralists, the Tuareg were not primarily interested in territorial occupation and permanent settlement. Their principal concerns were exchanging pastoral products for agricultural commodities and conducting raids against settled communities south of Azbin. Some Tuareg groups nevertheless continued to enter Hausaland in search of grazing, while more intensive immigration occurred only in a later period.
13th century – 15th century
Azbin, Gobir, and Hausaland
The Tuareg entered Hausaland through Azbin in the late fourteenth century and soon came into conflict with the Hausa of Gobir. They later displaced the Hausa ruler from the Azbin area and established a sultanate at Agades in 1495. Their activities combined pastoral mobility, exchange with settled agricultural communities, and raids south of Azbin.
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The Story
The Tuareg entered Hausaland through Azbin in the late fourteenth century, bringing them into direct conflict with the Hausa people of Gobir. Their movement formed part of the wider circulation of pastoral communities across the central Sudan. Unlike a territorial conquest aimed at dense settlement, Tuareg activity remained strongly connected to grazing, exchange, and mobility.
The Tuareg later dislodged the Hausa ruler of Gobir from the Azbin area and established their own sultanate in Agades in 1495. This development gave the Tuareg a durable political base near an important northern corridor. The excerpt presents the foundation of the Agades sultanate as the culmination of an earlier period of confrontation and displacement.
As pastoralists, the Tuareg were not primarily interested in territorial occupation and permanent settlement. Their principal concerns were exchanging pastoral products for agricultural commodities and conducting raids against settled communities south of Azbin. Some Tuareg groups nevertheless continued to enter Hausaland in search of grazing, while more intensive immigration occurred only in a later period.
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