Ethnic Groups’ Relations in the Emergence of the Fulani Dynasty in Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria
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2024
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Labar: Journal of Military History and Peace Studies (LJMHPS), Published by the Department of Military History, Nigerian Army University, Biu, Borno State, Nigeria
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The foundation of co-existence in Ilorin Emirate is premised on nascent settlements of the Baruba hermit, Ojo-Isekuse, Laderin, Solagberu, Abdullahi, Bako, AbdulMumeen, Dose and Olufadi (al-Fahd) in different quarters of Ilorin between seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Each of the aforementioned personalities played socio-cultural roles that fostered relations. Some writers and traditional narrators, especially non-professional historians hardly see pre-Alimi Ilorin history as the foundation and inseparable part of Ilorin history, some writers emphasized a single ethnic group as the basis for the establishment of the Emirate. This work found the essentiality of pre-Alimi Ilorin history, ethnic collaborations and individuals‘ contributions to the establishment of the Ilorin Emirate in 1823. The Ilorin Emirate comprises five L.G.As of Kwara State, namely, Asa L.G.A, Ilorin East L.G.A, Ilorin South L.G.A, Ilorin West L.G.A and Moro L.G.A. This paper examines the contribution of all the ethnic groups‘ subjects and the earliest ward leaders of Ilorin to the survival of each settlement and the emergence of the Ilorin Emirate. Sources of data collection for this study involved primary and secondary. The methodology adopted in his work is historical hence, it relied on primary (oral interviews, praise songs and folklore) and secondary sources. The paper concludes that the administrative acumen of the early Ilorin settlers provided an avenue for the evolution and the heterogeneity of Ilorin as a community.
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Foundation, Ilorin Emirate, Relations, Co-existence, Sustenance
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Suleiman, A. A. Onagun, R. & Adeshina, L. (2024): Ethnic Groups’ Relations in the Emergence of the Fulani Dynasty in Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria. Labar: Journal of Military History and Peace Studies (LJMHPS) 5. (2). Published by the Department of Military History, Nigerian Army University, Biu, Borno State, Nigeria