Banu Gha

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Banu Gha
(Arabic: بنو غا)
Nisbaal-Ghaliyi
LocationNigeria (majority)
Northern Nigeria
North Africa
Morocco
Descended fromImam Ghali
('Alawi dynasty)
BranchesHouse of Maiduniya, Aliyawa, Muallimawa, Abdullahwa (House of Abdullah)
ReligionIslam

The Banu Gha are part of the Nigerian Chieftaincy, nobility and aristocracy, the family is a noble clergy house that belongs to the Madinawa clan of Northern Nigeria.[1]The name Gha stems from the name of the dynasty's earlier founder Imam Ghali, whose descendants are found in the Northern Region of Nigeria in Kano State. The family participates in the Islamic leadership of the Emirate.[2]

History

The family being part of the Nigerian Chieftaincy System has produced numerous imams, Islamic theologians, traditional titleholders, bureaucrats and politicians in the Sokoto Caliphate,[3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11]members of the family identify themselves as Fulani, Hausa, Hausa-Fulani Arabs or Hausa-Fulani depending on their cultural assimilation. The claim of descent from the Arab tribe is common in scholarly lineages throughout Northern Nigeria and the Sahara.[12][13][14]

In Kano Emirate, the Banu Gha and their relatives are known as Awliya Madinawa Malamai by some people, in reference to the city of Medina where they claimed to have originated from, situated in Western Saudi Arabia.[15]Members of the family who descended from the Jobawa clan on the maternal side are entitled to be appointed as Makaman Kano, due to the precedent established during the reign of Sarkin Kano Aliyu Babba, who appointed Sarkin Takai Umaru Dan Maisaje as Makaman Kano, even though his link with the Jobawa is through his father's mother Habiba, the sister of Malam Bakatsine. The traditional requisite of agnatic descent was not considered in the appointment, leading to the establishment of a precedent for the descendants of the Jobawa with paternal or maternal links to aspire to be appointed as Makaman Kano.[16] An Awliya Madinawa Malamai clan member Abdullahi Aliyu Sumaila, the progenitor of the Muallimawa dynasty, has a link to the Jobawa through his paternal great-grandmother, the daughter of the Village head of Sumaila, Sarkin Sumaila Akilu, a bajobe and son of Makaman Kano Iliyasu.[17]

Notable Banu Gha

Dynasties

References

  1. ^ Hassan, Mohammed (2018). Islamic Religious Practices and Culture of the Al-Ghali Family. Tafida Printing Press.
  2. ^ Al-Wali, Muhammadu (1980). History of Banu Gha. Kano: Kadawa Printing Press.
  3. ^ Bashir, Ali (2000). Kano Malams in the Ninteenth Century. River Front Press.
  4. ^ Hassan, Mohammed (2018). Islamic Religious Practices and Culture of the Al-Ghali Family. Tafida Printing Press.
  5. ^ Abubakar, Badamasi. Trans Saharan Trade: Networks and Learning in Ninetenth Century Kano. Danjuma Press.
  6. ^ Aminu, Muhammad. The History of Al-Ghali Family. Gargaliya Press.
  7. ^ Sani, Muhammadu (1990). Arab Settlers in Kano. Sauda Voyager.
  8. ^ Balogun, Ismail A.B (1969). The penetration of Islam into Nigeria. Khartoum: University of Khartoum, Sudan, Research Unit.
  9. ^ Danlami, Yusuf (2005). Al-Ghali Family and its Religious Leaders. Danlami Printers.
  10. ^ Tarikh Arab Hadha al-balad el-Musamma Kano. Journal of Royal History. 1908.
  11. ^ Balarabe, Suleman (1987). The History of Kadawa Town. Bala Printing Press.
  12. ^ Norris, H.T. (1975). The Tuaregs:Their Islamic Legacy and Its Diffusion in the Sahel. England: Aris and Phillips, Ltd.
  13. ^ Last, Murray (1967). The Sokoto Caliphate. New York: Humanities Press.
  14. ^ Bello, Ahmadu (1962). My Life. Cambridge University Press.
  15. ^ Abdullahi, Ahmed (1999). Madinawan Kano. Danlami Printers.
  16. ^ Smith, M.G. (1997). Government in Kano 1350-1950. Westview Press, A Division of HarperCollins Publishers, Inc.
  17. ^ Abdullahi, Ahmed (1998). Tarihin Madinawa Jobawa. Kadawa Press.
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