Sultanate of Damagaram
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The Sultanate of Damagaram was a Muslim pre-colonial state in what is now southeastern Niger, centered on the city of Zinder or
The courtyard of the Sultan's palace in the Birini district of Zinder, 1906.
Overlooking the town of Zinder, presumably from the French fort (1906). The palace is on the left, rear.
Maradi, Niger
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Maradi is a city in Niger and the administrative centre of Maradi Region. It is also the seat of the Maradi Department and an Urban Commune. Maradi has an estimated population of 270,000 and is the se
Sultanate of Damagaram
…lifeblood of both states. An east–west trade from the Niger River to Bornu also passed through Zinder, making relations with animist neighbors like Maradi or the Gobirwa as profitable, and thus important. Damagaram also covered some of the more productive of Bornu's western salt-producing evaporation…
A street in Maradi, Niger
The Sultanate Mosque
The Free University of Maradi
Street scene in Maradi