Mejida, Maiyaki M.2023-12-122023-12-122019-12-18Mejida, M.M. (2019) THE JIHADI EXTERNAL INFLUENCE IN NIGERIAN PRECOLONIAL CONFLUENCE AREA, 1809-1900https://keffi.nsuk.edu.ng/handle/20.500.14448/3446Events with farreaching consequences made the nineteenth century history of Nigeria quite intriguing. There were struggles for political control or commercial supremacy; Islamic and Christian Missionary movements were common. Some of these events destabilised the erstwhile pre-nineteenth century societies while others effected gradual changes in the people's patterns of life This study examined one of the events, the jihad, which greatly affected the socio-political history of not only the confluence area but the entire Northern Nigeria. Specific attention was given to the socioeffectedenJihadi, Nasarawa, Keffi, Confluence, ExternalArticle