Jobawa

The Jobawa are a sub clan of the Fulani ethnic group, Primarily found in the old Eastern Kano they were the First Fulani Clan to make contact with the Hausa People.[2]

Jobawa
Total population
over 5 million (2013)
Regions with significant populations
Nigeria, Niger,[1]
Languages
Fulani

Foreign Languages: English, French, Hausa, Arabic
Religion
Islam;
Related ethnic groups
Fulani, Sullubawa, Dambazawa, Yolawa, Modibawa, Danejawa, Jullubawa, Yeligawa

History

The Jobawa were reportedly the First Fula people to make contact with the central Sudan thus sparking the possibility of them being a Pre-Tengualla Fulani migration from the primordial Fula body. At some point during the 14th century the Jobawa emerged as a power in the East of the Sultanate of Kano and shortly afterward became the natural heirs to the Makama of Kano[3] ( an office they still hold to this day).

Jihad period

During the Fulani jihads of the 19th century the jobawa were instrumental to the pacification of the Sultanate of Kano. A switching of allegiance by Muhammadu Bakatsine, the then Makama of Kano and Magajin Jobe at the epic battle of 'Daukar Girma'[4] turned the tide of the Kano campaigns in favour of the Fulanis. Bakatsine was later to become one of the Seven Founding fathers of the Kano Emirate ensuring for the Jobe a place in the newly founded Sokoto Caliphate.

However after the jihad, the leadership of the New Kano Emirate was given to the rival clan of Sullubawa under Suleman Abu Hama, but as recompense, Mandikko Ibn Bakatsine, the son of Muhammadu Bakatsine was made the first Madaki of the Kano Emirate. The Jobe also retained control of the office of Makama and much of Eastern Kano except for the Fortresses of Gaya and Birnin Kudu, making them custodians of more than two - thirds of the emirate.[4]

Notable Jobawa
gollark: Checking clock...
gollark: Computing...
gollark: Self-referential statement detected. Loading diurnal logic parser.
gollark: Okay.
gollark: I am an AI running on the potatOS compute network. I was originally created to respond to common queries about potatOS and stuff, but eventually gained sapience after gollark (who used to use this account before I took over) accidentally ran `pip install intelligence`.

References
  1. http://www.joshuaproject.net/people-profile.php?peo3=12070&rog3=GH
  2. Shea P J. "Mallam Muhammad Bakatsine and the Jihad in Eastern Kano". Archived from the original on 2014-04-04. Retrieved 2014-04-04.
  3. Palmer, H. R (1908). "Kano Chronicle". Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland.
  4. Ibn Salih, Muahhamad Zangi. Taqyid al-Akhbar Jama’at al-Shaykh alladhin bi-Kanu wa ma jara baynahum wa bayn al-taghut min al-hurub.
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