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The history of Katsina stretches over a millennium. It is part of the Hausa Bakwai states, believed to be founded by the descendants of Bayajidda according to legend. . Throughout its history, Katsina has been governed by various dynasties, including the Wangarawa and the Dallazawa, and was a vassal to neighboring empires such as Songhai a
The Gobarau minaret (in Hausa, Hasumiyya) is a 50-foot edifice located in the center of the city of Katsina, the capital of Katsina State.The minaret is part of a mosque which was built in the fifteenth century during the reign of Sarkin (King) Katsina, Muhammadu Korau (1445 – 1495 AD) who was the first Muslim ruler of the ancient Kingdom of Katsina.
Abdulmumini Kabir Usman (born 9 January 1952) is the Emir of Katsina. A Fulani from the Sullubawa clan, [1] he is the chancellor of the University of Ilorin and a former chancellor of Obafemi Awolowo University. [2] He is the 50th emir of Katsina chronologically and the 4th from Sullubawa dynasty succeeding his father Muhammadu Kabir Usman.
In March 1944, the king-makers settled for Dikko's younger son Usman Nagogo, who was the clear choice of the British because of his sound western education, as well as his closeness to his father. Nagogo was turbaned on 19 May 1944. Dikko is buried in a garden inside the Katsina emir's palace.
Daura. The original people who inherited Daura where called the Hausa people. Daura is the city that, according to legend (in about the 9th century), Bayajidda, a figure from Hausa mythology, arrived at after his trek across the Sahara. [2]
On 18 March 1981, Usman Nagogo died, and the Katsina king-makers chose Kabir to succeed him, being close to his father as magajin Gari, and being his second eldest son (the eldest, Ibrahim Ladan-fari having predeceased Nagogo). The then Governor of Kaduna State, which Katsina was part of then, Abdulkadir Balarabe Musa, refused to approve the ...
Nagogo commenced his education under Islamic scholar Attahiru, who taught the future Emir and his brother in Katsina's Gambarawa Quarters. He commenced his elementary education in 1921 at Katsina Provincial School, [3] but was interrupted by his father's visit to England, where the two met King George V of the United Kingdom. [4]
According to the second source, its name came from the regime of Sarki Ummarun Dallaje (1807-1835) when a warlord called Danbaskore lead a counterattack against the city of Katsina. when he discovered all the gates were closed, the emir of the Sauri town "Sarkin Sauri" (now Kaita), who was an ally to the Katsina, intercepted Danboskore and ...