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His conquests, while not all concluding during his lifetime, include lands in Ìgbómìnà, East Central Èkìtì, the Upper Ọ̀ṣun area, Ègbá and most notibly advances into the strip between the Yéwá and Ogun rivers (also referred to as Ẹgbado Corridor) which first gave Oyo access to the Atlantic Ocean and the global market.
The Oyo Mesi selected the Alaafin. He was not always closely related to his predecessor, although he did have to be descended from Oranmiyan, a son of Oduduwa, and to hail from the Ona Isokun ward (which is one of the three royal wards). [27] At the beginning of the Oyo Empire, the Alaafin's eldest son usually succeeded his father upon the throne.
Alaafin Oyo & Sir Walter Egerton circa 1910 - Colorized Outermost entrance to the palace of the Alaafin of Oyo called "Oju Abata" Alaafin, or The custodian of the Palace in the Yoruba language, is the title of the king of the medieval Oyo empire [1] and present-day Oyo town of West Africa. It is the particular title of the Oba (king) of the Oyo ...
Ọ̀rànmíyàn, also known as Ọranyan, was a legendary Yoruba king from the kingdom of Ile-Ife, and the founder of the Benin Kingdom and the Oyo Empire. [1] Although he was the youngest of the descendants of Oduduwa, he became the prime heir of Oduduwa upon his return to claim his grandfather's throne.
Àjàgbó was a warlike Aláàfin of the West African Oyo Empire, who allegedly reigned for 140 years in the seventeenth century. [1] [2]He was reportedly born a twin to his brother Ajampati with his maternal town being Ikereku-were, which is said to have later been destroyed.
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Coming to the throne shortly after the Oyo subjugation of neighboring Dahomey, Abiodun soon found himself embroiled in a civil war over the goals of the newly wealthy state. [ 3 ] [ 2 ] Bashorun Gaha , the empire's prime minister and lord marshal, had used his power to pervert the constitutional terms of abdication in a bid to limit the powers ...