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Arabic Papers From the Olubadan Chancery II: Toying With the Caliphate

The collection of Arabic letters and materials from the chan cery of the first olubadan of Ibadan, Okunola c Abbas Ales hinloye (1930-46), which includes the account of a communal crisis whose implications were dealt with in the previous issue, also permits unusual insights into strategies and con structions of local leadership under colonial rule. Perhaps the most significant aspect of the olubadan1s Arabic cor respondence with other rulers of Yorubaland and Northern Nigeria is his claim to an Islamic Caliphate over Ibadan and Yorubaland. This claim is developed?in different stages, as it see…