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]

Daurama Palace, sit of Kabaras

Kabaras

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List of Kabaras:[1][2]

  1. Kufuru (also known as Kofano)[2] (c. 700)[2]
  2. Ginu (also known as Gufano)[2]
  3. Yakumo (also known as Yakwano)[2]
  4. Yakunya (also known as Yakaniya)[2]
  5. Wanzamu (also known as Waizam)[2]
  6. Yanbamu
  7. Gizir-gizir (also known as Gizirgirit or Gadar Gadar)[2]
  8. Inna-Gari (also known as Anagiri)[2]
  9. Daurama (also known as Daura)[2]
  10. Ga-Wata (also known as Gamata)[2]
  11. Shata
  12. Fatatuma (also known as Batatume)[2]
  13. Sai-Da-Mata (also known as Sandamata)[2]
  14. Ja-Mata
  15. Ha-Mata
  16. Zama
  17. Sha-Wata (c. 1000)[2]
  18. Daurama II

References

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  1. ^ a b c Palmer, H. R (1908). Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland. Vol. 1908.
  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.
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