<P> Lamido (plural Lamibe) is the Anglicisation of a term from the Fula language or Fulfulde, used to refer to a ruler . In the language it is properly laamiiɗo (pl . laamiiɓe), derived from the verbal root "laam -" meaning "to rule or to lead", and hence may be translated more specifically as "leader". It is commonly used to translate the concept of the Arabic title Emir, into Fulfulde . The title "Lamido" has been used by the traditional leaders of certain Islamic communities in West Africa, originally as head of (often vassal) states, nowadays persisting within post-colonial republics . </P> <P> (list incomplete) Fulani Jihad states: </P>

Who is called the lamido in fulani tribe