Bida Emirate

The Bida Emirate is a traditional state in Nigeria, a successor to the old Nupe Kingdom, with its headquarters in Bida, Niger State. The head of the state is the Etsu Nupe, considered the leader of the Nupe people.[1]

Etsu palace, wadate Bida

Bida Emirate
Traditional state
Flag
Bida Emirate
Location in Nigeria
Coordinates: 9°05′N 6°01′E
Country Nigeria
StateNiger State
Government
 • EtsuDr. Alh. (Brig Gen). Yahaya Abubakar


History

The old Nupe Kingdom was established in the middle of the 15th century in a basin between the Niger and Kaduna rivers in what is now central Nigeria. Early history is mostly based on verbally-transmitted legends. King Jibiri, who reigned around 1770, was the first Nupe king to become Muslim. Etsu Ma’azu brought the kingdom to its period of greatest power, dying in 1818. During that period the Fulani were gaining power across Northern Nigeria. After Ma’azu's death and during the subsequent wars of succession the Nupe Kingdom came under the control of the Gwandu Emirate. Masaba, son of the Fulani leader Mallam Dendo and a Nupe mother, gained power in 1841.[2][3]

Faced with revolt by one of his generals, Masaba allied with the former Etsu Nupe, Usman Zaki, to recover control. Usman Zaki was enthroned as Etsu Nupe at Bida, and after his death around 1859 Masaba again became ruler until 1873. During his second period of rule, Masaba established the Bida Emirate as an important military power, steadily expanding its territory at the expense of its neighbors to the south and east. His successors retained control until 1897, when British Niger Company troops finally took Bida and established a puppet ruler. The Bida emirate became subject first to the British colonial regime, then to the independent state of Nigeria, with its rulers playing an increasingly ceremonial role.[4][5]

Till today now this emirate celebrates its cultural day known as Nupe Cultural Day, for the remembrance of the defeat to British rulers in their region.[6][7]

Rulers

Rulers of the Bida Emirate, who use the title "Etsu Nupe":[8]

StartEndRuler
18561859Usuman Zaki dan Malam Dendo 2nd term (b. c.1790 – d. 1859)
18591873Masaba dan Malam Dendo (2nd time) (d. 1873)
18731884Umaru Majigi dan Muhamman Majigi (d. 1884)
18841895Maliki dan Usman Zaki (d. 1895)
18951897Abu Bakr dan Masaba (1st time) (d. 1919)
18971899Muhammadu dan Umaru Majigi (1st time) ( d. 1916)
189917 February 1901Abu Bakr dan Masaba (2nd time)
February 190126 February 1916Muhammadu dan Umaru Majigi (2nd time)
6 March 19161926Bello dan Maliki (d. 1926)
1926February 1935Malam Sa'idu dan Mamudu (d. 1935)
28 February 193529 October 1962Malam Muhammadu Ndayako dan Muhammadu (b. 1884 – d. 1962)
29 October 19621969Usman Sarki dan Malam Sa'idu (b. 1920 - d. 1984)
196910 January 1975Malam Musa Bello (b. 1919 - d. 1975)
January 19751 September 2003Umaru Sanda Ndayako (b. 1937 – d. 2003)
1 September 2003Yahaya Abubakar (b. 1952)[9]

See also

Category:Etsu Nupe

References
  1. Salahu, Mohammed Lawal (15 September 2017). "Slave Factor in the Development of Bida Emirate: 1857–1900". African Research Review. 11 (3): 13. doi:10.4314/afrrev.v11i3.2. ISSN 2070-0083.
  2. "History of Nupe Kingdom (The Fulani Conquest)". National Youth Service Corps. Archived from the original on 11 February 2011. Retrieved 9 September 2010.
  3. Nadel, S. F. (3 September 2018), "Political History of Nupe Kingdom", A Black Byzantium, Routledge, pp. 69–86, doi:10.4324/9780429487545-6, ISBN 978-0-429-48754-5
  4. "Origin of Bida Emirate". National Youth Service Corps. Archived from the original on 11 February 2011. Retrieved 9 September 2010.
  5. Nadel, S. F. (Siegfried Frederick), 1903-1956, author. A black byzantium : the kingdom of Nupe in Nigeria. ISBN 978-0-429-48754-5. OCLC 1049150141.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  6. Nadel, S. F. (2018), "The Nupe Creed", Nupe Religion, Routledge, pp. 1–37, doi:10.4324/9780429487446-1, ISBN 978-0-429-48744-6
  7. Oleribe, EOO; Alasia, DD (11 January 2007). "Cultural and health: The effect of nupe cultural practice on the health of nupe people". Nigerian Journal of Medicine. 15 (3): 325–8. doi:10.4314/njm.v15i3.37241. ISSN 1115-2613. PMID 17111771.
  8. "Traditional States of Nigeria". WorldStatesmen.org. Archived from the original on 26 September 2010. Retrieved 7 September 2010.
  9. Agha Ibiam (4 March 2009). "As New Makaman Nupe Steps in". ThisDay. Retrieved 4 September 2010.
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