DAURA: THE FOUNDER OF THE HAUSA STATES

This Book relates the very rich history of the Hausa People; the great Daura that founded the first Hausa States and the controversies on the exact period Islam was introduced into Hausaland. Unlike other available books and publications, this Book lays emphasis on providing credible answers to the centuries’ old questions on the Daura Legend and Myth. The Book provides the names, places of origin and places of transit of the Founders of Daura who came from Canaan (Palestine) during the time of Prophet Ibrahim (AS) between 2000 and 1500 BC. Their transit at Egypt taught them the famous royal praise song in the ancient Egyptian Coptic language, which is still being sang for the Emir of Daura. It also taught them the Egyptian Snake-Worship that explains the Kusugu Well myth. This Book debunks the claim that there was no King of Baghdad around the time of Abu Yazid (Bayajidda-c.900AD) called Abdullahi; by giving the genealogy of Prince Abu Yazid from his father, Abdallah ibn Al-Mu’tazz (861-908 AD), to other Abbasid Dynasty Caliphs who were associated with the period of Abu Yazid. This Book also relates the exact events that led to Abu Yazid leaving Baghdad, his stay at Kanem-Borno, his arrival at Daura, his killing of the Kusugu Well Snake and the Founding of the Hausa States. This Book certainly opens a new chapter in Hausa and Daura History!