Bayajidda (Hausa: Bàyā̀jiddà) was, according to the legends surrounding most West African states before the 19th century, the founder of the Hausa states...

Hausa oral history is reflected in the Bayajidda legend, which describes the adventures of the Baghdadi hero, Bayajidda, culminating in the killing of the...

for its relation to the legend of the hero Bayajidda defeating the snake Sarki. The well and Bayajidda's supposed dagger are now a tourist attraction...

Nigeria. The story of Magajiya Daurama is partially told in the legend of Bayajidda. Magajiya Daurama ruled a state known as Daura, after the town with the...

refer to: Sarki, a well-dwelling snake slain by the mythological prince Bayajidda Şarkı, a vocal genre in Ottoman classical music Sarki (ethnic group),...

because it was ruled by the descendants of the Hausa mythological figure Bayajidda and his second wife, Daurama. By 1810, during the Fulani War, the Hausa...

the establishment of the Daura Emirate and city. Daura is the city that Bayajidda, a figure from Hausa mythology, arrived at after his trek across the Sahara...

Kano, Katsina, Zazzau, Gobir, and Rano), ruled by the descendants of Bayajidda's sons with Daurama and Magira (his first wife). The University of California's...

Gassire's Lute, a West African epic about the fall of the Ghana Empire Bayajidda, a West African epic Eri, a West African epic Oduduwa, a West African...

tells the traditional story of the foundation of the Hausa kingdoms by Bayajidda, an Arab adventurer from Baghdad, and gives a list of rulers along with...

founded, according to the Bayajidda legend, by the six sons of Bawo. Bawo was the only son of the Hausa queen Daurama and Bayajidda or (Abu Yazid according...

the Hausa Bakwai states, believed to be founded by the descendants of Bayajidda according to legend. Throughout its history, Katsina has been governed...

Kingdom of Daura was the first, according to the Bayajidda legend. However, the legend of Bayajidda is a relatively new concept in the history of the...

portal History of Niger History of Nigeria Kanem Empire Bornu Empire Bayajidda Hausa at Ethnologue (27th ed., 2024) Bauer (2007), p. ?. Wolff, H. Ekkehard...

E Bija e Hënës dhe e Diellit Susanoo Nezha Lancelot Făt-Frumos Fráech Bayajidda Bahrām Gūr Iovan Iorgovan Prâslea the Brave Greuceanu Haymon Wada Heita...

rulers tracing their lineage to a concubine of the Hausa founding father, Bayajidda. Thus, they are called the Banza Bakwai, meaning Bastard Seven. The Banza...

themselves along the Gongola River. However, it's worth noting that the Hausa Bayajidda legend portrays Kororofa as one of the "illegitimate" children of Biram...

the son of Bawo and the grandson of Bayajidda. This connects the Gobir tradition with the more well known Bayajidda legend of Daura. Gobir was one of the...

previously present in the area, Bagauda, a grandson of the mythical hero Bayajidda, became the first king of Kano in 999, reigning until 1063. Muhammad Rumfa...

Kano Chronicle, Bagauda son of Bawo and grandson of the mythical hero Bayajidda, became the first king of Kano in 999, reigning until 1063. His grandson...

being written In northern modern-day Nigeria, Hausa tradition holds that Bayajidda came to Daura in the 9th century, and his descendants founded the kingdoms...

by Herodotus in his Histories Queen Zidam – according to the legend of Bayajidda, she conquered Baghdad Macha, (reigned 661–654 BC) Medb, Queen of Connacht...

theological activity. One scholar argues that the Hausa culture hero Bayajidda represents a folk personification of the supporters of Abu Yazid who fled...

a man named Bagauda. He was said to be a descendant of the legendary Bayajidda of Daura. At first he settled in Garazawa, a district between Jakara and...

seven legitimate Hausa states founded by the descendants of the legendary Bayajidda. Sometime during the middle ages, it was absorbed into the Sultanate of...

the hopes of gaining favor with Tsumburbura. This also has ties to the Bayajidda legend in Hausa folklore which is an account of a stranger believed to...

rulers tracing their lineage to a concubine of the Hausa founding father, Bayajidda. Thus they are called the 'Banza Bakwai meaning Bastard Seven. The Banza...

rulers tracing their lineage to a concubine of the Hausa founding father, Bayajidda. Thus they are called the 'Banza Bakwai meaning Bastard Seven. The Banza...

supposed to trace their lineage to a concubine of the Hausa founding father, Bayajidda, hence the locally disdainful term banza ("illegitimate"). The first historical...

Tazarawa, Nafatawa, and Jinjino-Bakawa people. Later Sanau, a grandson of Bayajidda, became king of the Durbawa in the dynasty of Kumayo. Korau (who may have...