Akida

For an Islamic term meaning creed, see Aqidah. For the story of the binding of Isaac, see Akedah.

Akida was a title of indigenous rural officials in Tanganyika.^[1] At the time of the Zanzibar Sultanate, they acted as commanders of military divisions, and needed the approval of the sultan.^[2] During the German East African rule, the Germans adopted the title from pre-colonial Zanzibar-based administration, investing it with greater power.^[1] Under German rule, akidas ruled over so-called Akidate, an intermediate level of government^[2] between regional governors and minor countryside chiefs (called jumbe) and functioned as tax collectors, policemen, and lower judges.^[1] Their judicial role was recognized under the British colonial administration which took over from Germany following World War I.^[1]

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^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Shamil Jeppie; Ebrahim Moosa; Richard L. Roberts, eds. (2010). "Muslim Family Law in Sub-Saharan Africa: Colonial Legacies and Post-colonial Challenges". Amsterdam University Press. pp. 275–276. ISBN 9789089641724.
^ ^a ^b Becker, Felicitas; Jigal, Beez (2005年01月01日). Der Maji-Maji-Krieg in Deutsch-Ostafrika, 1905-1907. Ch. Links Verlag. ISBN 9783861533580. OCLC 60770766.