Ibrahim Musa

During World War 1, the Sultan of Sokoto and several Emirs in northern Nigeria contributed funds to support the British campaign against the Germans in West Africa. The Shehu of Borno, Abū Bakr Garbai, donated £4000, along with horses and donkeys, on 14 Dhū al-Qaʿdah 1332 (3 October 1914). He also requested that £800 of his donation to Lugard and the British be used to fund schools where people can learn to read and write. Two weeks later, on 28 Dhū al-Qaʿdah 1332 (17 October 1914), the Emir of Kano, Muḥammad ʿAbbās, contributed £6542 from Kano's Bayt al-māl to support the British war expenses against the Germans. Emir of Abuja, Suleimanu Barau, donated £96 to the British, while Sultan Muḥammad al-Ṭāhir Il of Sokoto donated £7539 from the Bayt al-māl of the defunct caliphate. In addition to conscripting the Nigerian regiment artillery into the West African Frontier Force, the emirates in northern Nigeria supplied some of the funds the British used in World War 1.