Masarautar Ilorin

Masarautar Ilorin jiha ce ta gargajiya da ke birnin Ilorin a jihar Kwara, Najeriya. Mutanen ƙabilar Yarbawa ne suka fi yawan mazaunanta, duk da cewa Masarautar ƙasa ce da ta hade saboda tasirin wasu ƙabilun da ke cikin birnin.

 Tarihi 
Waɗanda suka fara zama a Ilorin su ne Baruba waɗanda suka zauna a can tsawon shekaru kuma suka ɗauki yankin nasu ne; sun tafi ba tare da sanin dalili ba. Sai kuma Ojo Isekuse, wani Basaraken Yarabawa, wanda ya zauna kusa da dutsen da ake kaifi (wasa wuƙaƙe d.ss) inda mafarauta suka taru suna wasa da kayansu. An samar wa Ilorin suna ne daga dutsen kaifi da har yanzu dutsen yake a wurin. Ana zargin Ojo Isekuse ya fita ne bayan ya yi lalata da ‘yarsa, kuma wani dangi mai suna Asaju ya sauka a kusa da dutsen da ake kaifin. Bayan Asaju ne mutane da dama suka zauna a ƙauyuka masu zaman kansu daban-daban da ke kewayen yankin da ake kira Ilorin a yau.

A farkon ƙarni na 19, Ilorin na da yawan jama'a da suka haɗa da: Fulani, Hausawa da Yarbawa. Afonja, wani sarkin yakin Oyo, wanda ya gudu don gujewa yaƙin kunar-bakin-wake da Alaafin Oyo na lokacin ya yi ya samu hanyar zuwa Ilorin. Wani malamin addinin Islama, Salih Janta, wanda aka fi sani da Shehu Alimi saboda ilimin addinin Islama, shi ma ya samu hanyarsa ta zuwa Ilorin daga Oyo saboda muzgunawa ƙungiyar Ogboni. Ya koma Ilorin daga Oyo tare da wasu Musulman Yarbawa.

A cikin kusan 1810, Shehu Alimi da Afonja suka ƙulla kawance don fatattakar sojojin Oyo masu zalunci. Oyo ya yi niyyar hukunta ƴan tawayen Afonja da kuma kawar da malamin addinin musuluncin da ke samun magoya baya ƴan ƙabilar Yarbawa. Shehu Alimi ya nemi taimako daga Sheik Usman Dan fodio, wanda ya aika da rundunar Jama’a zuwa Ilorin domin taimakon abokinsa. A rikicin na farko, sojojin Ilorin sun yi nasarar fatattakar sojojin Oyo. Sai dai Alaafin ya yanke shawarar mayar da martani da wata babbar runduna da nufin murƙushe tawayen Afonja da kawar da Shehu Alimi. A wani mataki na riga-kafi, sojojin Ilorin sun kai hari tare da ƙona Oyo-Ile, babban birnin tsohuwar Daular Oyo.

Ilorin ta zama babbar rundunar siyasa da soja bayan faduwar tsohuwar Oyo. Ba tare da wani shugaba ba, Afonja da Alimi sun ba da jagoranci ga mutanen da ke zaune a yankin. Afonja da Shehu Alimi, sun samu kyakykyawar alaƙa da takai har zuwa rasuwar Alimi a lokacin da ya tsufa.

Bayan rasuwar Shehu Alimi, an yi takun-saƙa na neman sarautar Ilorin, matashin garin mai cigaba da bunƙasa. Alfas sun so kafa daular Musulunci bisa ilimi, yayin da Afonja ke shirin kafa mulkinsa, amma Abdulsalam dan Shehu Alimi ya fito da taimakon Jama’a, kasancewar shi ne babban soja a Ilorin. An kashe Afonja ne a lokacin mulkin Abdulsalam, a lokacin da aka yi artabu tsakanin sojojin Yarbawa da Jama’a, wanda ya haifar da matsi na Afonja. An hana yin masallatai a Ilorin saboda wannan lamari. Ilorin ta zama masarautar Khalifancin Sakkwato a ƙarƙashin Gwandu.

 Bautar bayi da zamantakewa 
Na wani lokaci, Ilorin ta kasance babbar cibiyar cinikin bayi, wanda Richard Henry Stone ya bayyana a matsayin "kasuwar bayi mafi girma a wannan yanki na Afirka". Yawancin Yarabawa a Ilorin har yanzu arna ne, wanda ya kai ga mafi yawan su, sun zama talakawan Sarki, wanda ba shi da wani tashin hankali na zamantakewa, wanda ya fi son 'yantar da kansu a asirce, daga iyayensu na Fula. A da, an fi tura bayi zuwa arewa ta hamadar sahara, amma yanzu ana tura su kudu ta ƙasashen Yarbawa zuwa bakin teku don samar da bukatu daga Amurka, Indiyawan Yamma, da Brazil. Hakan ya yi sanadiyar yaƙin basasa, inda ya bar Yarbawa da yawa a cikin ƙangin bautar bayi.

 Tarihi 
Ilorin ta ci gaba da faɗaɗa kudu da tsayin daka, a cikin shekarun 1830 Yarabawa sun yi yaƙi da Masarautar da ta ƙunshi Fulani, Musulmin Yarabawa, da Hausawa a yakin Ogbomosho, wanda ya kasance babbar nasara a masarautar Ilorin. An duba faɗaɗa yankin kudu na Ilorin a cikin 1830s ta hanyar karuwar ikon Ibadan, jihar Oyo. Sojojin dawakan Ilorin ba su da wani tasiri a cikin dajin da ke kudu, kuma a shekarun 1850 Ibadan na samun damar samun bindigogi daga hannun Turawa ƴan kasuwa a bakin teku. Ilorin, a matsayin wani ɓangare na Khalifancin Sokoto, ta ci gaba da yin mu'amala da sauran jihohin Yarbawa yayin da take a tsakiyar tsakanin arewacin Najeriya da kudancin Najeriya. Waɗannan hulɗar sun ƙunshi ɓangarori daban-daban, waɗanda suka haɗa da rikice-rikice akai-akai da kuma ci gaba da musayar ra'ayi ta fuskar kasuwanci da al'adu. Dabarun masarautun tsakanin arewa da kudu ya baiwa Ilorin wani muhimmin matsayi, wanda ya ci gaba da wanzuwa har bayan Halifanci a duka lokacin mulkin mallaka da bayan mulkin mallakan.
An kawo Ilorin ƙarƙashin yankin Arewa ta hanyar diflomasiyya da amfani da karfi kaɗan, duba da yanayin siyasar jihar a lokacin.

 Masu mulki 
Sarakunan Masarautar Ilorin:
Fara mulkiGama mukki Mai mulki 1824 1842 Abdusalami dan Salih Alimi 1842 1860 Shita dan Salih Alimi 1860 1868 Zubayro dan Abdusalami 1868 1891 Shita Aliyu dan Shittu 1891 1896 Moma dan Zubairu 1896 14 ga Janairu, 1914 Sulaimanu dan Aliyu 1915 Nuwamba 1919 Shuaibu Bawa dan Zubayru Fabrairu 17, 1920 Yuni 1959 Abdulkadir dan Shuaibu Bawa 30 ga Yuni 1959 1992 Zulkarnayni Gambari dan Muhammadu Laofe Dan Bawa "Aiyelabowo V" 1992 Agusta 1995  Mallam Aliyu dan Abdulkadir 1995 Har zuwa yau (sarki mai ci) Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari

 Sarakuna da manyan sarakunan Ilorin 
Saboda tarihin Ilorin na musamman, na farko a matsayin Yarbawa daga cikin Daular Oyo, sannan kuma a matsayinta na  fulani na Halifancin Sokoto, tana da al'adar yin sarauta wadda ta kasance gauraye ne na al'adun da aka samo daga tushen biyu (daular Oyo da Halifancin Sokoto). Duk lokacin da sarautar Masarautar (wadda ke hannun Fulani zuriyar Shehu Alimi) ta kasance babu kowa, wakilin kowace kwata a masarautar wato; Balogun Gambari (Hausa), Balogun Ajikobi (Yarabawa), Balogun Fulani (Fulani) da Balogun Alanamu (Yoruba) - tare da shugaban gidan sarautar Afonja, Mogaji Aare, da kuma babban hakiminsa mai suna Baba. Isale na Ilorin - taru domin zaɓar sabon sarki, tare da naɗa sabon sarki, bisa amincewar gwamnan jihar Kwara. Sannan an ba wa Balogun mafi dadewa a sarautar Balogun huɗu, sarautar Balogun Agba, wanda hakan ya sa ya zama na biyu a kan Sarkin Ilorin. Dukkan Balogun na da gundumomi da suke gudanarwa a madadin sarki.

Akwai kuma sarakunan gargajiya da kowannensu ake kiransa Daudu (ko Hakimin Lardi ). Suna aiki ne a matsayin hakimai masu wakiltar sarki a garuruwan dake faɗin masarautar Ilorin kamar su Afon, Bode Saadu, Ipaye da Malete, da dai sauransu.

 Muƙamai masu daraja a masarautar 
Masarautar dai ta shaidi irin karramawa ga fitattun ‘ya’yan Masarautar da Sarki na yanzu ya yi. Wadannan sunaye ne da aka ba su;

 Wazirin, Masarautar Ilorin
 Turaki, Masarautar Ilorin
 Zanan na Masarautar Ilorin
 Dan Iyan, Masarautar Ilorin
 Grand Mufti na Masarautar Ilorin
 Madawakin, Masarautar Ilorin
 Malami Ubandoman, Masarautar Ilorin
 Tafidan, Masarautar Ilorin
 Shettiman, Masarautar Ilorin
 Mutawalin, Masarautar Ilorin

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