Emotan
 Emotan | |
|---|---|
| Rayuwa | |
| Haihuwa | Kazaure, 14 century |
| ƙasa | Masarautar Benin |
| Mutuwa | 15 century |
| Karatu | |
| Harsuna | Harshen Edo |
| Sana'a | |
| Sana'a | ɗan kasuwa |
Emotan (karni na 15) mace ce ta kasuwa wacce ta yi cinikin kayan abinci a kewayen Kasuwar Oba a tsohuwar masarautar Benin a zamanin mulkin Oba Uwaifiokun da Prince Ogun, wacce daga baya ta dauki sunan " Oba Ewuare Mai Girma " bayan ta zama Oba na Benin .[1][2][3] Ita ce majagaba a cibiyar kula da rana ta farko a birnin Benin ; Tarihin baka ya ce ta taimaka wa Oba Ewuare wajen maido da sarautar Oba na Benin bayan ta kwashe shekaru da dama tana gudun hijira.
Rayuwa[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]
Emotan (ainihin suna Uwaraye), an haife shi a Eyaen tsakanin 1380 zuwa 1400. Bayan rasuwar mijinta, ta gina wata bukka inda take kula da bukatun yara.[4]
Emotan dai ya taka rawar gani wajen ganin Ewuare ya kwato karagar mulki a matsayin Oba na Benin bayan ta shaida masa wani shirin kisan kai da Uwaifiokun da wasu sarakuna suka yi masa a lokacin da yake gudun hijira. Ewuare ya ci gaba da nada Emotan a matsayin Iyeki ( Turanci : shugaban kungiyar Ekpate mai izini), matsayin da aka ba wani mai aiki na tabbatar da dokokin kasuwa da duba al'amuran tsaro.
Deification[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]
Bayan rasuwar Emotan, Oba Ewuare ya bauta mata ta hanyar ba da umarnin dasa bishiyar Uruhe mai alfarma a daidai wurin da take baje kolin kayayyakinta. Ya ci gaba da ba da doka cewa dole ne a yi mubaya'a ga Emotan ta mutanen da ke bikin kowane nau'i na taron biki.
Mutum-mutumi na Emotan[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]
Girman rayuwa, mutum-mutumi na Emotan tagulla an tsara shi don girmama gadon da Emotan ya kafa bayan bishiyar Uruhe guda biyu, waɗanda aka dasa a lokuta daban-daban, sun faɗi. John A. Danford ne ya kera wannan mutum-mutumin kuma Oba Akenzua II tare da hadin gwiwar hukumomin mulkin mallaka na Burtaniya ne suka kaddamar da shi a ranar 20 ga Mayu, 1954. Yanzu haka dai wannan mutum-mutumin yana nan a kasuwar Oba da ke cikin birnin Benin a jihar Edo .[5]
Manazarta[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]
- ↑ S. B. Omoregie (1972). Emotan and the Kings of Benin. Longman Group (Far East), Limited. ISBN 978-0-582-60925-9.
- ↑ Kola Onadipe (1980). Footprints on the Niger. National Press. p. 28. ISBN 9789781780066.
- ↑ Christy Akenzua (1997). Historical tales from ancient Benin. 2. July Seventeenth Co. (Indiana University). p. 40. ISBN 978-9-7831-74139.
- ↑ "MEET OBA EWUARE THE GREAT : ONE OF THE WORLD'S MOST ILLUSTRIOUS ANCIENT KINGS". The New Black Magazine. 21 December 2009. Archived from the original on 19 September 2015. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
- ↑ "Benin Kingdom Historical Sites". Edo World. Retrieved 31 August 2015.