Idia

Sarauniya Idia ita ce mahaifiyar Esigie, Oba (sarkin) Benin, wanda ya yi sarauta daga 1504 zuwa 1550. Ta taka muhimmiyar rawa a wajen tasowa da kuma mulkin ɗanta, ana ɗaukarta a matsayin babbar jaruma wacce ta yi yaƙi dare da rana, kafin da kuma lokacin sarautar ɗanta a matsayin oba ( sarki ) na mutanen Edo.Historical Dictionary of Nigeria by Toyin Falola, Ann Genova, p.160 Sarauniya Idia taka rawar gani a wajen tabbatar da taken oba ga Esigie bayan mutuwar mahaifinsa Oba Ozolua. A dalilin haka, ta hada rundumar sojoji don su yaƙi ɗan'uwansa Arhuaran, wanda daga baya aka ci shi da yaƙi. Ta haka ne Esigie ya zama Sarki na 17 na Benin.Egharevba (1968), p. 26 West African Journal of Archaeology, Editorial Board WAJA, p.144

Esigie ne ya kafa taken iyoba (uwa sarauniya) kuma ya baiwa mahaifiyarsa, tare da Eguae-Iyoba (Fadar Uwa Sarauniya). Guinea Coast, 1400–1600 A.D. | Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art

 Nasara kan mutanen Igala 
Bayan haka, mutanen kabilar Igala da ke makwabtaka da su sun tura mayaƙa hayin kogin Benuwai don su kwace ikon mulkin arewacin Benin. Esigie ya ci Igala, don maido da haɗin kai da ƙarfin soja na masarautar. Mahaifiyarsa Idia ne ake dangantawa da nasarar wadannan husuman, Historical Dictionary of Nigeria by Toyin Falola, Ann Genova, p.160dangane da shawar ta na siyasa, tare da ƙarfinta na sihiri da ilimin likitanci, a matsayin abubuwa masu mahimmanci a wajen nasarar Esigie a fagen fama.

 Wakilci 
An kwashe da yawa daga cikin sassake-sassake Idia a lokacin yawon turawa na 1897, kuma suna nan ajiye a gidajen tarihi na duniya. Ana nan dai anata gwargwarmayan maido su tare da sauran tagulla na Benin. Anyi amfani da sassakaken marufin fuska na sarauniya Idia a wajen bukukuwan  Second World Black and African Festival of Art da kuma Culture FESTAC wanda aka yi a Najeeriya a shekara ta 1977.Hicks, Dan (2020). The Brutish museums : the Benin bronzes, colonial violence and cultural restitution. Pluto Press. pp. 196–197. ISBN 978-0-7453-4176-7. OCLC 1220877111

A shirin fim na  Eddie Ugbomah wanda aka a 1979 The Mask, jarumin fim din ya kwato marufin fuskan daga gidan tarihin Turai.Hicks, Dan (2020). The Brutish museums : the Benin bronzes, colonial violence and cultural restitution. Pluto Press. pp. 196–197. ISBN 978-0-7453-4176-7. OCLC 1220877111

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