The Daura Emirate is a traditional state in Katsina State

Katsina State

Katsina State is a state in northern Nigeria. Its capital is Katsina, and its governor is Ibrahim Shema, a member of the People's Democratic Party...

, Nigeria

Nigeria

Nigeria , officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal constitutional republic comprising 36 states and its Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The country is located in West Africa and shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in...

 based on the town of Daura

Daura

Daura is a city, emirate, and Local Government Area in Katsina State, northern Nigeria. It is the spiritual home of the Hausa people.The University of California's African American Studies Department refers to Daura, as well as Katsina, as having been "ancient seats of Islamic culture and...

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Daura's traditional ruler

Nigerian traditional rulers

Nigerian traditional rulers often derive their titles from the rulers of independent states or communities that existed before the formation of modern Nigeria...

, the Emir of Daura still rules as a ceremonial hereditary monarch, and maintains a palace.
Umar Farouk dan Umar became Emir on 28 Feb 2007.

Origins

Daura is the city that Bayajidda

Bayajidda

Bayajidda is a character from the tradional history of the Hausa people of Nigeria and the central figure of the Bayajidda Legend. The various versions of the legend differ on major points, but generally agree that early immigrants came to the western region of Lake Chad from the Near East.Most...

, a figure from Hausa mythology, arrived at after his trek across the Sahara

Sahara

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Once there, he killed a snake (named Sarki) who prevented the people from drawing water from the well, and the local queen, Magajiya Daurama, married him out of gratitude; one of their seven children was named Daura. The well

Water well

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 in Daura where Bayajidda is said to have slain Sarki is protected by a wooden shelter and has become a tourist attraction

Tourist attraction

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The emirate is referred to as one of the "seven true Hausa states" (Hausa Bakwai)
because it was, (along with Biram

Hadejia

Hadejia is a Hausa town in eastern Jigawa State, northern Nigeria. The population was approximately 47,400 . The people of Hadejia are largely Muslim, although some follow indigenous belief systems...

, Kano

Kano Emirate

The Kano Emirate is a traditional state in Northern Nigeria with headquarters in the city of Kano, capital of the modern Kano State.The Emirate was formed in 1805 during the Fulani jihad, when the old Hausa Kingdom of Kano became subject to the Sokoto Caliphate.During and after the colonial period...

, Katsina, Zazzau, Gobir

Gobir

Gobir was a city-state in what is now Nigeria. Founded by the Hausa in the eleventh century, Gobir was one of the seven original kingdoms of Hausaland, and continued under Hausa rule for nearly seven hundred years. Its capital was the city of Alkalawa...

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

University of California

The University of California is a public university system in the U.S. state of California. Under the California Master Plan for Higher Education, the University of California is a part of the state's three-tier public higher education system, which also includes the California State University...

's African American Studies Department refers to Daura, as well as Katsina, as having been "ancient seats of Islamic culture and learning."

History

In 1805, during the Fulani War

Fulani War

The Fulani War of 1804-1810, also known as the Fulani Jihad or Jihad of Usman dan Fodio, was a military conquest in present day Nigeria and Cameroon. Expelled from Gobir by his former student Yunfa in 1802, Islamic reformer Usman dan Fodio assembled a Fulani army to lead in jihad against the Hausa...

, Daura was taken over by Fulani

Fula people

Fula people or Fulani or Fulbe are an ethnic group spread over many countries, predominantly in West Africa, but found also in Central Africa and Sudanese North Africa...

 warrior Malam Ishaku, who set up an emirate

Emirate

An emirate is a political territory that is ruled by a dynastic Muslim monarch styled emir.-Etymology:Etymologically emirate or amirate is the quality, dignity, office or territorial competence of any emir ....

. The Hausa set up rival states nearby, and the ruler of one, Malam Musa, was made the new emir of Daura by the British in 1904. Once part of Kaduna State

Kaduna State

-History:The state is the successor to the old Northern Region of Nigeria, which had its capital at Kaduna. In 1967 this was split up into six states, one of which was the North-Central State, whose name was changed to Kaduna State in 1976. This was further divided in 1987, losing the area now part...

, Daura became part of the new Katsina State

Katsina State

Katsina State is a state in northern Nigeria. Its capital is Katsina, and its governor is Ibrahim Shema, a member of the People's Democratic Party...

 in 1987.
Faruk Umar Faruk

Faruk Umar Faruk

Alhaji Faruk Umar Faruk, or Umar Faruk Umar, is the 60th Emir, or traditional ruler, of the Daura Emirate. The Emirate is based on the town of Daura in Katsina State, northern Nigeria.- Biography :Umar Faruq dan Umar was born in 1931...

 became the 60th Emir of Daura on 28 Feb 2007 following the death of Sarkin Muhammadu Bashar dan Umaru.

Rulers

During the Fulani jihad, the emirate was divided with three separate lineages at different locations, eventually reunited in 1906.
Important Emirs of the Daura Emirate:

Start	End	Ruler
1778	1825	Sarkin Gwari Abdu
1825	1855	Lukudi, brother of Sarkin Gwari Abdu
1855	1861	Nuhu dan Sarkin Gwari Abdu
1877	1904	Tafida dan Nuhu
1906	1911	Musa dan Nuhu
1911	1966	Abd ar-Rahman dan Musa (b. 1881 - d. 1966)
1966	26 Feb 2007	Muhammadu Bashar dan Umaru (d. 2007)
28 Feb 2007		Umar Farouk dan Umar (b. 1931)