Bagauda
{{Other uses}}{{Short description|King of Kano (r. 999 – 1063)}}
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| succession = Sarkin Kano
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| reign = 999 – 1063
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| death_date = 1063
| death_place = Sheme (in modern day Kano State, Nigeria)
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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.{{Cite journal|last=Hiskett|first=M.|date=1957|title=The Kano Chronicle|journal=Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland|issue=1/2|pages=79–81|jstor=25201990|issn=0035-869X}} 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.{{Cite journal|last=Palmer|first=H. R.|date=1908|title=The Kano Chronicle|url=https://zenodo.org/records/2415833/files/article.pdf|journal=The Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland|volume=38|pages=58–98|doi=10.2307/2843130|jstor=2843130|issn=0307-3114}}
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.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.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.
Biography in the ''Kano Chronicle''
Below is a biography of Bagauda from Palmer's 1908 English translation of the Kano Chronicle.{{citation |editor-last=Palmer |editor-first=Herbert Richmond |editor-link=Herbert Richmond Palmer |title=The Kano Chronicle |work=Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland |volume= 38 |year=1908 |pages=58-98 |url= https://archive.org/stream/v38a39journalofro38royauoft#page/n87/mode/2up |via=Internet Archive | ref=none }}; in [https://books.google.com/books?id=NsYEAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA58 Google Books]. {{PD-notice}}
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|text=Then came Bagoda with his host, and was the first Sarki of this land. His name was Daud. His mother's name was Kaunasu. He began by occupying Dirani for two years. Thence he moved to Barka, and built a city called Talutawa, where he reigned two years.
The names of the pagan chiefs whom Bagoda met, were Jankare, Biju, Buduri (who had many children—about a hundred) and Ribo. Bagoda overcame them, and killed their leader Jankare. Then he came to Sheme, and found Gabusani, Bauni, Gazauri, Dubgege, Fasataro, and Bakin Bunu there. He conquered them all, and built a city, and reigned at Sheme 66 years.
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