Appendices

Appendices

Chapter B. Appendix B

§ 1. Yorùbá Kings, Baṣọ̀runs, and Notable Events

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KingsBaṣọ̀runsEvents
1. OdùduwàOlorun-fun-miCapital—Ile Ifẹ̀
2. Ọ̀rànyànEfufu ko-fẹ-oriAncient Ọ̀yọ́ built
3. AjakaẸrindinlogun-Agbou
4. ṢàngóSalẹ ku odi
5. Ajaka»
6. AganjuBanija
Regent Iyayun
7. KoriẸran-kò-gbinaÈdè and Òṣogbo built
8. OluasoEṣugbiri-ẹlu
9. OnigbogiAiyagbarò
10. OfiranSokiaSaki built by this King
11. EgúojuObalohunIgboho built
12. ỌrọmpọtoAṣamu
13. AjiboyedeIbatẹThe Bẹbẹ celebrated
14. Abipa»Ọ̀yọ́ rebuilt
15. ỌbalokunIba MagajiSalt introduced
16. AjagboAkidayin
17. Odarawu»
18. KanranWoruda
19. JayinIba-BiriThe first Awùjalẹ̀ of Ìjẹ̀bú appointed
Interregnum
20. AyibiOlu aja and Yabi
21. OsiyagoApala
22. OjigiYambaCircumnavigation of the Niger and the Lagoon
23. GberuJambu
24. AmuniwaiyeKogbou and Kokiki
25. OnisileSoyiki alias Eṣuogbo
26. LabisiGahà
27. Awọnbioju»
28. Agboluaje»The Bẹbẹ celebrated
29. MajẹogbeGahà
30. AbiodunGáhà and Kangidi
31. AolẹAṣamu alias Agbakolekàn
32. Adebọ»
33. Maku»
Interregnum
34. MajotuOjo and AkiosoSeizure of Ìlọrin by the Fulanis
35. Amodo» »Ijaye and Mọ́dàkẹ́kẹ́ occupied. Ìbàdàn and Abẹ́òkúta founded.
36. Oluewu» »
InterregnumFall of Ancient Ọ̀yọ́
37. ÀtìbàOlúyọ̀lé and GbenlaAgo became Ọ̀yọ́ of the present day. Bẹbẹ celebrated
38. AdeluGbenla and Ogunṣoro
39. AdeyemiOgunṣoro, Iye, Layọde

§ 2. Ìbàdàn Chief Rulers and their Balóguns from its Occupation to the beginning of the British Protectorate

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1. Ìbàdàn as a Military Camp
MáyèGeneralissimo
LabọsindeBaba Isalẹ
LakanleLeader of the Ọ̀yọ́s
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2. Transition Stage
OluyedunKakanfò (honorary)
LakanleỌ̀tún Kakanfò
Olúyọ̀léÒsì Kakanfò
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RulersTitlesBalóguns
3. As a Settlement
Olúyọ̀léBaṣọ̀runOderinlo
OpeagbeBálevacant
1855Olugbode»Ibikunle
1866Ògúnmọ́láBaṣọ̀runAkere
1870OrowusiBáleAjobo
1872LatosisaKakanfòÀjàyí Ogboriefon
vacantOsungbekun
1892FijabiBáleAkíntọ́lá

§ 3. The Leading Chiefs of Abẹ́òkúta from its Foundation to the beginning of the British Protectorate

¶8 Sodeke, Leader of the Ẹ̀gbás to Abẹ́òkúta. His associates in the Government: Apati, Balógun of Kemta, and Agbunrin, Balógun of Ilugun. (Apati bought the title of Baṣọ̀run from Olúyọ̀lé of Ìbàdàn but never lived to enjoy it; it passed on to Somoye.) — Okukẹnu, alias Sagbua, King. Associates who helped to rule the town: Ogunbọna, Balógun of Ikija; Sokẹnu, Balógun of Ijeun; Anọba, Balógun of Ika; and Somoye, Balógun of Iporo, afterwards Baṣọ̀run.

¶9 Ademọla, Alake or Primus, with Oyekan and Oluwajin. The Quadrumvirate who actually ruled: Ogundipe, Balógun of Ikija; Onlado, Balógun of Kemta; Solankẹ, Jaguna of Igbein; and Ogundeyi, Balógun of Iporo. — Osokalu, Alake or Primus Ogundeyi. Other distinguished Balóguns, more or less independent, each in his own township: Ege of Oko; Agbadu of Ijemo; Atambala of Ikereku; Anọba of Ika; Obirinti of Ijaye Kukudi; Ajagunjẹun of Itoko; Ogunṣola of Ijeja; and Olumloye of Ilugun.

§ 4. The Emirs of Ìlọrin

¶11 Alimi the Fulani priest of Àfọ̀njá who headed the mutiny of the Jamas and murdered their lord paved the way for his eldest son to become the first king or Emir of Ìlọrin under the Sultan of Sokoto.

¶12 At his death he left four sons, the succession in the Emirate being confined to the descendants of the first two.

¶13 Alimi the Priest

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  1. Abudusalami
  2. Shitta
  3. Suberu
  4. Alihu
  5. Abudusalami II
  6. Sule
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