c. 16th centuryEvent
King Ibrahim Maje of Katsina institutes elements of shari'a
By the sixteenth century the King of Katsina, Ibrahim Maje, had instituted elements of the Islamic shari'a law code in his state.
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c. 16th century
King Ibrahim Maje of Katsina institutes elements of shari'a
By the sixteenth century the King of Katsina, Ibrahim Maje, had instituted elements of the Islamic shari'a law code in his state.
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By the sixteenth century the King of Katsina, Ibrahim Maje, had instituted elements of the Islamic shari'a law code in his state. This was part of the incremental, uneven deepening of Islamic practice among Hausa rulers.