Reign ???? - 900's Circa Predecessors Kabara Hamata Burial Birni Ta Kusheyi Died Daura, Nigeria | Coronation ???? Successor Office Dissolved Father ???? House Kabara | |
Daurama or Magajiya Daurama (c. 9th century) was a ruler of the Hausa Nation, as the Last Kabara of Daura she presided over the upheaval that saw a transference of power from the matriarchal royal system of the Hausa people. oral traditions remember her as the founding "queen grandmother" of the Hausa empire states in northern Niger and Nigeria. The story of Magajiva Daurama is partially told in the legend of Bayajidda.
Magajiva Daurama ruled a state known as Daura, after a town with the same name. The town of Daura is today an emirate in Kaduna State, Nigeria. Tsohon Birni was the original capital of the state; Daurama moved the capital to the town of Daura, which is named after her.
According to legend, a line of ruling queens was descended from Magajiva Daurama, in a lineage known as the Habe Queens. Oral stories record them as Kurfuru, Shata, Gino, Walzama, Shawata, Daura, Batatume, Yanbamu, Innagari, Gamata, Sandamata, Jamata, Zama, Yakumo, Yukuna, Gizirgizir, and Hamata. The senior princess in the Daura emir's family is still known today by the title Magajiva.