Ijesha

Ijesha (ana rubuta shi da Ìjẹ̀ṣà a cikin littafin tarihin Yarbawa) ƙabila ce daga yaren Yarabawan Afirka ta Yamma. Ilesha ita ce birni mafi girma kuma cibiya ta al'adun mutanen Ijesha mai dadadden tarihi, kuma gari ce ga wata masarauta mai suna iri ɗaya, wadda wani Oba ke mulki kamar Owa Obokun Adimula. Owa Obokun na yanzu shine Oba Gabriel Adekunle Aromolaranfall|

 Yanayin kasa 
Kasar Ijesha na bisa layukan latitud 8.92°N da Longitud 3.42°E. Tana cikin wani yanki mai dazuka a tsakiyar kasar Yarbawa a yammacin kogin Effon wanda ya raba kabilar Ijesha da Ekiti zuwa gabas, da mahadar tituna daga Ile-Ife, Oshogbo, Ado Ekiti da Akure. Yankin al'adun Ijesa a halin yanzu sun mamaye kananan hukumomi shida a cikin jihar Osun da Okemesi a halin yanzu hedkwatar Okemesi/Ido-ile LCDA a jihar Ekiti ta Najeriya .

Yankin Ijesha na da iyaka da Ekiti daga gabas, Igbomina a arewa, Ife daga kudu, da Oyo da Ibolo a yamma.

Shahararren magudanan ruwa na Olumirin, wanda aka fi sani da Erin-Ijesha Waterfalls na nan a cikin kasar Ijesha.

Kasar Ijesha tana da arzikin Zinariya tana da mafi girman ma'adanan zinare a Najeriya

 Tarihi 
Kalmar Ìjèsà ta fito ne daga kalmar ijè òòsà, ma'ana abincin alloli. An ba da wannan suna ne saboda makwabtanta makiya da sukan kai farmaki a garuruwan Ijesha na musamman domin mutane su sadaukar da kansu ga Orisha. Watakila 'yan kabilar Ijesha sun yi hasarar wasu yankuna ga makwabtansu a lokacin tashe-tashen hankula da yaƙe-yaƙe na ƙarni na sha tara da waɗanda suka gabata. An ce mutanen Oke-Ako, Irele, Omuo-oke suna magana da yare irin na Ijesha. 

 Ilesa 

Birnin Ilesa ( Ile ti a sa, wanda ke nufin "ƙasar da muka zaɓa") ita ce hedikwatar gargajiya ta Ijesa. Owaluse ya kafa ta a c.1250, jikan Ajibogun Ajaka Owa Obokun Onida Arara, daya daga cikin manyan jikokin Oduduwa, mai sarauta na kabilar Yarbawa na Kudu maso yammacin Najeriya, Jamhuriyar Benin da Togo .  Rev. William Howard Clark a 1854 kamar yadda:Domin tsaftar ta, na yau da kullun a fadinsa da fadinsa, da kuma madaidaiciyar titunansa, tsohon birnin Ilesa ya zarce duk wani gari na asali da na gani a bakar fata Afirka . 

 Gidan sarautar Ijesha 
‘Yan kabilar Ijesha duk sun yi ikirarin cewa su jinin Sarki Oduduwa ne ta hanyar Ajibogun. Baya ga yin sarautar Ijesha, masarautar ta kuma bayar da gudunmawa wajen bunkasa wasu masarautu masu karfi a kasar Yarbawa. Gidajen da ke mulki a Masarautar Akure, alal misali, suna da'awar zuriyar Owa ta hanyar Gimbiya Owawejokun, 'yar Owa Atakunmosa.

Sarakunan Masarautar sun hada da:
+Sunan mai mulki: Owa Obokun Adimula Owa Ajibogun - Owa Owaka Okile Owa Obarabara Olokun Eshin Owa Owari 1466-1522 Owa Owaluse 1522-1526 Owa Atakunmosa 1526-1546 Yeyelagagba 1588-1590 Yeyegunrogbo 1588-1590 Owa Biladu I 1652-1653 Owa Biladu II 1653-1681 Yeyewaji 1681 - Owa Bilaro 1681-1690 Owa Bilayiare 1691-1692 Owa Bilagbayo 1713-1733 Yeyeori 1734-1749 Ori Abejoye 17. . - . . . Owa Bilajagodo "Arijelesin" . . . - . . . Owa Bilatutu "Otutu bi Osin" 1772-1776 Owa Bilasa "Asa abodofunfun" 1776-1788 Awa Akesan 1788-1795 Owa Bilajara 1... - 1807 Ogbagba 1807-1813 Obara "Bilajila" 1813-1828 Owa Odundun 1828-1833 Gbegbaaje 1833-1839 Ariyasunle (lokaci na farko) -Regent 1839 Owa Ofokutu 1839-1853 Ariyasunle (lokaci na biyu) -Regent 1853 Owa Aponlose 1858-1867 Awa Allobe 1867-1868 Owa Agunlejika I 1868-1869 Ba kowa 4 ga Juni 1870-1871 Owa Oweweniye (lokaci na farko) 1871-1873 Ba kowa 1873 Oweweniye (lokaci na biyu) 1873-1875 Owa Adimula Agunloye-bi-Oyinbo "Bepolonun " 1875-1893 Owa Alowolodu Maris 1893 - Nuwamba 1894 Ba kowa Nuwamba 1894 - Afrilu 1896 Owa Ajimoko I Afrilu 1896 - Satumba 1901 Owa Ataiyero [Atayero] 1901-1920 Owa Oduyomade Aromolaran I Yuni 1920 – Yuli 31, 1942 Ajimoko "Haastrup" - Regent 1942 - 10 ga Satumba 1942 Ajimoko II "Fidipote" 10 ga Satumba 1942 - 18 Oktoba 1956 JE Awodiya - Regent 18 ga Oktoba 1956 - 1957 Owa Biladu III "Fiwajoye" 1957 - Yuli 1963 . Ogunmokun. . . - Regent Yuli 1963 - 1966 Owa Peter Adeniran Olatunji Agunlejika II 1966-1981 Owa Gabriel Adekunle Aromolaran II Fabrairu 20, 1982-yanzu

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