Sarauta

Sarauta is a Hausa political system that originated in the ancient city-state of Daura. According to Hausa oral traditions, the sarauta system emerged around the year 1000 and gradually spread across Hausaland, evolving into a complex network of institutions and values that came to dominate the Hausa states by the 15th-century. The title of sarki, according to some oral traditions, originates from Bayajidda, the mythical hero-founder of the Hausa states. Bayajidda took the title of Makassarki after slaying Sarki, the snake that had terrorised the people of Daura. In time, Makassarki was shortened to Sarki, the Hausa word for chief or ruler.

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