A SHORT HISTORY OF HADEJIA BY MUSA USMAN MUSTAPHA.

HADEJIA A YAU!According to S.J. Hogben,
Hadejia town was founded in The 15th
Century. The assertion draws some authority
from the manuscript of the Kano chronicles,
where it was stated that, during the reign of
Yakubu Abdullahi Barjo who ruled Kano
from 1452AD to 1463AD. The King of
Machina Algalfati went to Kano with his
three Brothers. Sarkin Kano Yakubu gave
Sarkin Machina Algalfati the right to rule
Gaya and so he became the ruler of the
town. While one of Algalfati's brother went
to Rano where Sarkin Rano appointed him
the ruler of Dal. The second Brother
proceeded to Zazzau, where Sarkin Zazzau
appointed him the ruler of Gayan, And the
third Brother went to Garun Gabas, where
Sarkin Gabas appointed him the Ruler of
HADEJIA.

And established the dynasty which
ruled the town until the outbreak of the
19th century Jihad.
On the basis of this assertion, the town was
said to have been established sometime in
the 15th century, but the tradition which the
assertion was based on, contained certain
short comings which made its authenticity
doubtful. In the first place throughout the
period of our field work, not a single person
mentioned this tradition. And secondly
neither the tradition of Hadejia nor that of
the places (Kano, Gaya, Rano, Dal, Zazzau and
Gayan) mentioned the tradition, connect
their origins with each other.


And finally the fact that one of Algalfati's
brothers was appointed the ruler of the
town in the 15th century did not in any way
indicate that the town was established at
the time. In fact, if any thing, the tradition
only showed that the town was established
earlier than this development because a
ruler can only be appointed to an existing
town not the other way round.


(MUSA
USMAN MUSTAPHA)HADEJIA A YAU!