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Mubi
Nigeria
Mubi, town, northeastern Adamawa state, northeastern Nigeria. It lies on the west bank of the Yedseram River, a stream that flows north into Lake Chad, and is situated on the western flanks of the Mandara Mountains. Probably founded in the late 18th century by the Fulani people, Mubi remained under the jurisdiction of the sultanate of Mandara until conquered in the Fulani jihad (holy war) by Modibbo Adama. By the 1820s the peoples of Mubi and the surrounding area were incorporated into Adama’s Fulani kingdom of Fumbina, later called Adamawa; in the 1890s they were subjected to slave raids by ...(100 of 174 words)