ABSTRACT
Zaria's population can be classified by religion, as Christian, Muhammadan, and 'pagan'; or by ethnicity, as European, Fulani, Habe, Southern Nigerian, and 'pagans'; by language or by culture. Differences between the urban and rural populations are also important, and these categories are themselves further divisible. Among the rural population of Zaria, settlement patterns vary, and the Hausa, the nomad Fulani, and pagan tribes such as the Katab have widely differing forms of settlement. Even among themselves the Hausa distinguish several types of settlement by population size and social characteristics. In 1950, the Zaria Native Authority was governed by the Native Authority Ordinance, No. 17 of 1943, which vests the power of appointment in the Governor of Nigeria. In Zaria emirate the Native Authority directly recognized by the Governor of Nigeria is the Emir. Under the 1943 Ordinance the primary duty of the Native Authority, i.e. the Emir, is to maintain 'order and good government' within his domain.
