Kano and Katsina, 1600–1660 · a narrated atlas

Key

Kano's kings Kano's great officers Katsina The scholars Kwararafa bond — succession, office, alliance conflict — war, revolt, prosecution

Sources & method

H. R. Palmer (tr.), 'The Kano Chronicle', Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute 38 (1908), pp. 82–88: the reigns of Zaki to Bawa — source
D. Laya, 'The Hausa states', UNESCO General History of Africa V (1992): the Kano–Katsina wars, the envoy's slave, the scholars' peace, Katsina's king list (read in the Portuguese edition, pp. 547–549) — source
Kano Chronicle — Wikipedia (an Arabic king-list probably written in the 1880s) — source
Wambai Giwa — Wikipedia (the walls, Karaye, the raids on Katsina) — source
El Kutumbi — Wikipedia (his officers, the siege from Dugazawa, his death) — source
Muhammad Kukuna — Wikipedia (the coup, the restoration, the Kwararafa attack, the charms) — source
Kingdom of Katsina — Wikipedia (Katsina's tradition of Uban Yari's wars with Kano; the older king list) — source
Kwararafa Confederacy — Wikipedia (the Benue valley power; the attacks on Kano and the c. 1650 peace) — source

Method. The chain of people follows a sourced account of the polity, 1600–1660; every claim the narration makes was checked against the sources above. Borders: historical-basemaps (A. Ourednik, GPL-3.0), the c.1600 snapshot, simplified — schematic, the right states in roughly the right places. Territorial changes: modern provinces (Natural Earth) or later snapshots standing in for historical ones. Portraits: each credited with its author, licence and source on the readable page. Relief: Esri World Physical Map. Narration: Azure neural voice.