HADEJIA RULER'S (3)

HADEJIA A YAU

DAGA ISMAILA A SABO!



9. Haru bin Sambo, 1865-1885
With the successful removal of Umaru from power, Haru (Bubba) assumed the emirship of Hadejia.


Haru reigned for 20 years, during which he introduced many far reaching changes in the emirate. He enlarged the wall of Hadejia town to its present size.


He pursued a policy of Islamization of the emirate by opening schools and inviting the Ulama (Islamic Scholars) from other emirates. He was even said to have been in the habit of intercepting many scholars on their way to the holy land and persuading them to settle in Hadejia, in a bid to spread Islamic education.


He was also credited with the re-construction of a much bigger Friday mosque in Hadejia town. In the socio-economic sphere, Emir Haru pursued a policy which attracted foreign traders into Hadejia markets.


He did that by levying lower import duties on certain imports. He waged jihad wars against non¬Muslims areas of Kare-Kare and Bade country, leading to the conquest and subsequent incorporation of the border town of Adiani to Hadejia emirate. Also, it was during Haru's reign that the incessant conflicts between Hadejia and Gumel came to an end with a full blown war at the battle of Zaburam in 1872, in which Sarkin Gumel Jatau was killed.

This success brought to an end the hitherto frequent Hadejia-Gumel wars. Haru died in 1885.

10. Muhammadu bin Haru, 1885-1906 Haru was succeeded by his eldest son Muhammadu, who previously held the titles of Chiroma and Sarkin Marma. Muhammadu, popularly known as Maishahada was an Islamic scholar and a warrior-king who spent most part of his reign fighting wars and battles. His militaristic policies were likened to that of Emir Buhari.

He organized and personally led many battles, including six battles fought in Kare-Kare and Badde country; intervened in the Kano and Katagum civil wars; forcefully seized two neighboring districts of Kano Emirate,
namely Miga and Kwanda, and held them till
the British conquest of Hadejia, when they were returned to Kano.

Finally, he confronted the British forces militarily in the defense of his Emirate. He was killed in the ensuing battle with the British in 1906.

8. Umaru bin Buhari, 1863-1865 With the death of Buhari at the battle field, his son Umaru became the seventh Fulani ruler of Hadejia at the tender age of 18. He assumed the emirship with the active support of Sarkin Arewa Tatagana and Sarkin Yakin Hadejia Jaji, the two most powerful and trusted slave officials of Buhari. The Caliph in Sokoto approved his appointment in a desperate move to get Hadejia back to the Caliphate fold. Umaru reigned for two years only. But those were eventful years indeed. Haru, his uncle, had his eye on the throne, and was secretly plotting against Emir Umaru. Tatagana and Jiji, Umaru's most loyal and powerful supporters, were first eliminated as part of the grand plot to get Umaru deposed. Subsequently, when Umaru went out on one of his usual pleasure rides to the Hadejia river side; he was deserted by a conspiratorial entourage and refused entry back into Hadejia town. Umaru made good his escape to Kano emirate; he took refuge in chamo, Kano Emirate, where he lived for the rest of his life, and died in 1920.