الأدب العربي في ظل إمارة إلورن الإسلامية في نيجيريا

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This Paper studied Arabic literature under the influence of Islamic kingdom, Emirate and Empire in West Africa.

Due to the limited scope of the paper, effort was concentrated on Ilorin Emirate of Nigeria with the aim of using it as a case study for other Emirates.

To achieve this objective, a brief discussion was made on the history of Islamic Emirates and Empires in the region.

This was followed with full description of Ilorin Emirate in terms of its geographical location as well as its growth and development, before dwelling into examination of the activities of Arabic literature in the Emirate.

It was discovered that Arabic literature in Ilorin Emirate started with imitation and adaptation of the Arabs’ ways of prose and poem writing.

This was later developed into creativity and originality in the production of the genres.

All the Arabic literary works bear Islamic flavor in all its ramification and a significant part of it measured up to acceptable standard in Arab word.

It was also discovered that Arabic language influenced considerably some local languages and their literature.

The paper called on researchers to embark on manuscript editing and preservation of the Arabic literary works of the Emirate for the use of the generations yet on born.