Kabara (title)

Kabara and or Magajiya is the title used by the matriarchal monarchs that ruled the Hausa people in medieval times.^[1]^[2] The Kano Chronicle gives the following list of matriarchal monarchs that was said to have culminated and ended with the rule of Daurama II, the last Kabara of Daura.^[1]

Kabaras edit

List of Kabaras:^[1]^[2]

Kufuru (also known as Kofano)^[2] (c. 700)^[2]
Ginu (also known as Gufano)^[2]
Yakumo (also known as Yakwano)^[2]
Yakunya (also known as Yakaniya)^[2]
Wanzamu (also known as Waizam)^[2]
Yanbamu
Gizir-gizir (also known as Gizirgirit or Gadar Gadar)^[2]
Inna-Gari (also known as Anagiri)^[2]
Daurama (also known as Daura)^[2]
Ga-Wata (also known as Gamata)^[2]
Shata
Fatatuma (also known as Batatume)^[2]
Sai-Da-Mata (also known as Sandamata)^[2]
Ja-Mata
Ha-Mata
Zama
Sha-Wata (c. 1000)^[2]
Daurama II

References edit

^ ^a ^b ^c Palmer, H. R (1908). Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland. Vol. 1908.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o Stewart, John (2006). African States and Rulers (3rd ed.). London: McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 71. ISBN 9780786425624.

[KChronicle-1] Palmer, H. R (1908). Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland. Vol. 1908.

[:0-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o Stewart, John (2006). African States and Rulers (3rd ed.). London: McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 71. ISBN 9780786425624.

[1]

[2]