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Bagauda Gilletti
Daud Dan Bawo, also known as Bagauda or Yakano, was the first King of Kano, in what is now northern Nigeria, reigning from 999 to 1063. He established a dynasty which would go on to rule the state for over 800 years. According to the ''Kano Chronicle'', all subsequent kings and sultans of Kano descended from him. Family Bagauda's father was Bawo (also spelled Bauwo). Bagauda had a son, Warisi, with Saju. Warisi succeeded his father as king in 1063. ''Song of Bagauda'' The ''Song of Bagauda'' is a traditional Hausa poem written in honour of Bagauda.Hiskett, M. (1965). The 'Song of Bagauda': A Hausa King List and Homily in Verse (III). ''Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies'', University of London, 28(2), 363-385. Biography in the ''Kano Chronicle'' Below is a biography of Bagauda from Palmer's 1908 English translation of the ''Kano Chronicle The ''Kano Chronicle'' (Arabic: تاريخ أرباب هذا البلاد المصممة كان; ''The history of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rulers Of Kano
This is a list of rulers of Kano since the establishment of the Bagauda Dynasty in 998. The early rulers are known almost exclusively from a single source, the ''Kano Chronicle'',; iGoogle Books which was composed in the late 19th century. Bagauda dynasty (998–1809) Names and dates taken from John Stewart's ''African States and Rulers'' (1989): Kings (998 – 1349) Sultans (1349 – 1807) Suleiman's reign (1807–1819) Dabo dynasty (1819–present) Lineages Hausa rulers Fulani rulers See also *Hausa Kingdoms *''Kano Chronicle'' * Timeline of Kano References {{Rulers of Kano *Rulers, list Kano Rulers Kano Kano Rulers Lists of monarchs in Africa Rulers A ruler, sometimes called a rule, scale, line gauge, or metre/meter stick, is an instrument used to make length measurements, whereby a length is read from a series of markings called "r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warisi
Warsi or Warisi () is a surname found among South Asian Muslims. Numerous disciples of Waris Ali Shah, both Muslims and Hindus, add ''Warisi'' or ''Warsi'' to their names. Notable people with the name include: * Waris Ali Shah (1817–1905), Indian Sufi saint, founder of Warsi Sufi order * Syed Imran Ali Warsi, Pakistani field hockey player * Anil Shukla Warsi (born 1957), Indian politician * Arshad Warsi (born 1966), Indian actor * Sayeeda Warsi, Baroness Warsi (born 1971), British politician * Kamal Warsi, Pakistani leftist activist * Muzaffar Warsi (1933–2011), Pakistani Urdu poet * Nisha Warsi (born 1995), Indian field hockey player * Perween Warsi (born 1956), British-Indian entrepreneur * Raees Warsi (born 1963), Pakistani-American Urdu poet * Ram Ekbal Singh Warsi (1922–2016), Indian freedom fighter and politician * M J Warsi, Indian linguist, researcher and author * Warsi Brothers, Indian qawwali musical group See also * Warisi (king) Warisi was the King of Kan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kano State
Kano (Hausa language, Hausa: ) is one of the 36 States of Nigeria, states of Nigeria, located in the Northern Region, Nigeria, northern region of the country. According to the national census done in 2006, Kano State is the List of Nigerian states by population, most populous state in Nigeria. The recent official estimates taken in 2016 by the National Bureaucracy, Bureau of Statistics found that Kano State was still the largest state by population in Nigeria. Created in 1967 out of the former Northern Region, Nigeria, Northern Region, Kano State borders on Katsina State to the northwest for about 210 km (130 miles), Jigawa State to the northeast for 355 km (221 miles), Bauchi State to the southeast for 131 km (82 miles), and Kaduna State to the southwest for 255 km. The state's capital and largest city is the city of Kano (city), Kano, the List of Nigerian cities by population, second most populous city in Nigeria after Lagos. The incumbent governor of the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nigeria
Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf of Guinea in the Atlantic Ocean to the south. It covers an area of . With Demographics of Nigeria, a population of more than 230 million, it is the List of African countries by population, most populous country in Africa, and the List of countries and dependencies by population, world's sixth-most populous country. Nigeria borders Niger in Niger–Nigeria border, the north, Chad in Chad–Nigeria border, the northeast, Cameroon in Cameroon–Nigeria border, the east, and Benin in Benin–Nigeria border, the west. Nigeria is a Federation, federal republic comprising 36 States of Nigeria, states and the Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria, Federal Capital Territory, where its capital, Abuja, is located. The List of Nigerian cities by population, largest city in Nigeria by population is Lagos, one of the largest List of largest cities, metr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bagauda Dynasty
The Bagauda Dynasty is a house of noblemen who founded and ruled the Kingdom (eventually Sultanate) of Kano throughout its existence. The Dynasty spanned over 800 years spread out through ten centuries, one of the longest in recorded human history and produced 43 rulers. After the fall of the dynasty in Kano, the remnants of the royal house founded a new kingdom in the Maradi Region. History ''"A man shall come to this land with an army, and gain mastery over us, you will see him in the sacred place of Tsumburbura, if he comes not in your time, assuredly he will come in the time of your children, and will conquer all in this country, and forget you and yours and exalt himself and his people for years to come"'' The dynasty started with the first King of Kano, Bagauda in 999 CE and lasted until 1807 CE when the last ruler from the lineage, Muhammad Alwali II was assassinated in exile during the Fulani War. Their reign started after Bagauda migrated to Kano and conquered the indig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kingdom Of Kano
The Kingdom of Kano was a Hausa people, Hausa kingdom in the north of what is now Nigeria that was established around 1000 AD, and lasted until the proclamation of the Sultanate of Kano by King Yaji I, Ali Yaji Dan Tsamiya in 1349. The capital is now the modern city of Kano (city), Kano in Kano State. Physical geography Kano lies to the north of the Jos Plateau, located in the Sudanian Savanna region that stretches across the south of the Sahel. The city lies near where the Kano River, Kano and Challawa rivers flowing from the southwest converge to form the Hadejia River, which eventually flows into Lake Chad to the east. Traditionally, agriculture was based on lifting water to irrigate small parcels of land along river channels in the dry season, known as the Shadouf system. At the time when the kingdom was flourishing, tree cover would have been more extensive and the soil less degraded than it is today. History Background Our knowledge of the early history of Kano comes larg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kano Chronicle
The ''Kano Chronicle'' (Arabic: تاريخ أرباب هذا البلاد المصممة كان; ''The history of the masters of this country it was designed'') is an Arabic-language manuscript that lists the rulers of Kano. Summary The ''Kano Chronicle'' is a list of rulers of Kano stretching back to the 10th century AD. It tells of eleven clans of animists (such as salt extractors, brewers, or smiths) who were warned by their spiritual leader that a stranger would come and cut down their sacred tree and wrest their dominion from them: “If he comes not in your time, assuredly he will come in the time of your children, and will conquer all in this country” (Palmer 1928: III: 98). Indeed, a man named Bagauda arrived soon after, conquered, and became the first king of Kano according to the chronicle (Palmer 1928: III: 97-100). Authorship The existing ''Kano Chronicle'' was probably written in the 1880s by Malam Barka, a ''Dan Rimi'' (high-ranking slave official) who worke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warisi (king)
Warisi was the King of Kano from 1063 to 1095. He was the son of Bagauda and Saju. Succession Warisi was succeeded by his son Gijimasu. Biography in the ''Kano Chronicle'' Below is a biography of Warisi from Palmer's 1908 English translation of the ''Kano Chronicle The ''Kano Chronicle'' (Arabic: تاريخ أرباب هذا البلاد المصممة كان; ''The history of the masters of this country it was designed'') is an Arabic-language manuscript that lists the rulers of Kano. Summary The ''Kano ...''.; iGoogle Books References 11th-century monarchs in Africa Monarchs of Kano 1095 deaths {{Africa-royal-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hausa Language
Hausa (; / ; Ajami: ) is a Chadic language spoken primarily by the Hausa people in the northern parts of Nigeria, Ghana, Cameroon, Benin and Togo, and the southern parts of Niger, and Chad, with significant minorities in Ivory Coast. A small number of speakers also exist in Sudan. Hausa is a member of the Afroasiatic language family and is the most widely spoken language within the Chadic branch of that family. Despite originating from a non-tonal language family, Hausa utilizes differences in pitch to distinguish words and grammar. ''Ethnologue'' estimated that it was spoken as a first language by some 58 million people and as a second language by another 36 million, bringing the total number of Hausa speakers to an estimated 94 million. In Nigeria, the Hausa film industry is known as Kannywood. Classification Hausa belongs to the West Chadic languages subgroup of the Chadic languages group, which in turn is part of the Afroasiatic language family. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herbert Richmond Palmer
Sir Herbert Richmond Palmer (20 April 1877 – 22 May 1958) was an English barrister, who became a colonial supervisor for Britain during the inter-World War period. He served as a lieutenant governor in Nigeria, governor and Commander-in-Chief of The Gambia and governor and Commander-in-Chief of Cyprus.Sir Richmond Palmer, ''Obituaries'', The Times 26 May 1958 Early life Palmer was born in 1877 in Lancaster, Lancashire, Lancaster to Robert Palmer, a clergyman, of The Bank House, Kirkby Lonsdale and Mary Chippendall, who were married on 11 May 1867 at Lancaster Priory. Mary was the great-granddaughter of John Higgin who was governor of Lancaster Castle from 1783 to 1833. Palmer was educated at Oundle School in Northamptonshire, being recorded in 1895 as an exceptional Batting (cricket), batsman. He went up to Trinity Hall, Cambridge in 1896 as a scholar reading Classics. He was awarded his BA in 1899, and his Bachelor of Laws a year later. While at Cambridge, he played club ru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Journal Of The Royal Anthropological Institute Of Great Britain And Ireland
The ''Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute'' (JRAI) is the principal journal of the oldest anthropological organization in the world, the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland. Articles, at the forefront of the discipline, range across the full spectrum of anthropology, embracing all fields and areas of inquiry – from sociocultural, biological, and archaeological, to medical, material and visual. The JRAI is also acclaimed for its extensive book review section, and it publishes a bibliography of books received. History The journal was established in 1901 as ''Man'' and obtained its current title in 1995, with volume numbering restarting at 1. For its first sixty-three volumes from its inception in 1901 up to 1963 it was issued on a monthly basis, moving to bimonthly issues for the years 1964–1965. From March 1966 until its last issue in December 1994, it was published quarterly as a "new series", with a new sequence of volume numbers (1–29). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Rulers Of Kano
This is a list of rulers of Kano since the establishment of the Bagauda Dynasty in 998. The early rulers are known almost exclusively from a single source, the '' Kano Chronicle'',; iGoogle Books which was composed in the late 19th century. Bagauda dynasty (998–1809) Names and dates taken from John Stewart's ''African States and Rulers'' (1989): Kings (998 – 1349) Sultans (1349 – 1807) Suleiman's reign (1807–1819) Dabo dynasty (1819–present) Lineages Hausa rulers Fulani rulers See also *Hausa Kingdoms Hausa Kingdoms, also known as Hausa Kingdom or Hausaland, was a collection of states ruled by the Hausa people, before the Fulani jihads. It was situated between the Niger River and Lake Chad (modern day northern Nigeria). Hausaland lay betwe ... *'' Kano Chronicle'' * Timeline of Kano References {{Rulers of Kano *Rulers, list Kano Rul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
