Bida
From: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
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Date: 2008
Bida , town (1991 est. pop. 111,000), W central Nigeria. It is the trade center for a rice-growing region and is noted for its fiber, glass, and metal handicrafts. In the 19th cent. Bida was the capital of an emirate of the Muslim Fulani empire centered in Sokoto .
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Although the wilaya of [[blank].sup.[subset]]Ali b. AN Talib--the attestation of his spiritual and temporal authority-- has always been professed by the [Shi.sup.[subset] a and has appeared in their ritual and other practices (such as coinage) in various forms, its inclusion in the adhan (call to
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