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Father. King Nikatau. Mother. Queen Bakwa Turunku. Amina (also Aminatu; died 1610; pronunciation ⓘ) was a Hausa [2] historical figure in the city-state Zazzau (now city of Zaria in Kaduna State ), in what is now in the north-west region of Nigeria. [3] She might have ruled in the mid-sixteenth century. A controversial figure whose existence ...
Apr 2, 2024 · Queen Amina (1533-1610) November 4, 2023 contributed by: Euell A. Dixon. Statue of Amina in Lagos. Photo by Solasly (CC BY-SA 4.0) Queen Amina was a warrior and ruler of Zaria, a Hausa city-state in what is now Northern Nigeria. She ruled for 34 years from 1576 until she died in 1610. Around 1533, Queen Amina was born as Aminatu, a royal family ...
Jun 3, 2019 · Amina, born in the city of Zazzau, was trained in skills of government and military warfare and fought in battles with her brother, Karama. In 1566, when Bakwa died, Amina's younger brother Karama became king. In 1576 when Karama died, Amina, now about 43, became Queen of Zazzau. She used her military prowess to expand the territory of Zazzau ...
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Amina was the warrior queen of Zazzau (now Zaria). She is known also as Amina Sarauniya Zazzau. She lived approximately 200 years prior to the establishment of the Sokoto-Caliphate federation that governed Nigeria during the period of British colonial rule following the Islamic jahad that overtook the region in the nineteenth century. According ...
Queen Amina (also known as Queen Aminatu), was the elder daughter of Queen Bakwa Turunku, the founder of the Zazzau Kingdom in 1536. Some scholars date Queen Amina's reign to about 1549, as heir apparent after the death of her mother. This medieval African kingdom was located in the region now known as the Kaduna State in the north-central ...
Aug 13, 2010 · Amina of Zaria. (1533 - 1633?) Queen. Warrior. Amina was born around 1533 in Zaria, a province of today’s Nigeria. She was the daughter of Bakwa of Turunku. Their family's wealth was derived from the trade of leather goods, cloth, kola, salt, horses and imported metals. When Bakwa died in 1566, the crown of Zazzua passed to Amina’s younger ...
Sep 9, 2021 · The modern state of Nigeria has immortalized Amina by erecting a statue of her, spear in hand, on a horse, in the centre of Lagos.
