Bagauda Explained

Bagauda
Succession:	Sarkin Kano
Reign:	999 – 1063
Predecessor:	None (title established)
Successor:	Warisi
Birth Name:	Daud
Death Date:	1063
Death Place:	Sheme (in modern day Kano State, Nigeria)
Dynasty:	Bagauda Dynasty
Father:	Bawo
Mother:	Kaunasu

Daud Dan Bawo, also known as Bagauda or Yakano, was the first King of Kano, in what is now northern Nigeria, reigning from 999 to 1063.^[1] He established a dynasty which would go on to rule the state for over 800 years. According to the Kano Chronicle, all subsequent kings and sultans of Kano descended from him.^[2]

Family

Bagauda's father was Bawo (also spelled Bauwo). Bagauda had a son, Warisi, with Saju. Warisi succeeded his father as king in 1063.

Song of Bagauda

The Song of Bagauda is a traditional Hausa poem written in honour of Bagauda.^{[3] [4]}

Biography in the Kano Chronicle

Below is a biography of Bagauda from Palmer's 1908 English translation of the Kano Chronicle.^[5]

Notes and References

1. Hiskett. M.. 1957. The Kano Chronicle. Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland. 1/2. 79–81. 25201990. 0035-869X.
2. Palmer. H. R.. 1908. The Kano Chronicle. The Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland. 38. 58–98. 10.2307/2843130. 2843130. 0307-3114.
3. Hiskett, M. (1965). The 'Song of Bagauda': A Hausa King List and Homily in Verse (II). Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, 28(1), 112-135.
4. Hiskett, M. (1965). The 'Song of Bagauda': A Hausa King List and Homily in Verse (III). Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, 28(2), 363-385.

5. in Google Books.