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Muri, Taraba State

Tiv Heritage Archive (2026). Muri, Taraba State. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muri,_Taraba_State

URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muri,_Taraba_State
Access Date: 2026-09-26

Muri founded in 1817 as a Fulbe jihad state (founder Hamman Ruwa, d. 1833); disunity to 1880; wars with the Jukun chiefdoms, especially Kona; Royal Niger Company at Ibi from 1883; submitted to the British in 1901 under Emir Hassan; capital Jalingo.