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 daukan ta a matsayin babbar jaruma wacce ta yi yaƙi ba ji ba gani kafin da kuma lokacin sarautar ɗanta a matsayin oba ( sarki ) na mutanen Edo.^[1] 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.^{[2] [3]}

Idia
1. Iyoba (en)
Rayuwa
Haihuwa	15 century
ƙasa	Masarautar Benin
Mutuwa	unknown value
Ƴan uwa
Abokiyar zama	Ozolua
Yara	view Esigie
Sana'a
Sana'a	ɗan siyasa, dowager (en) da Jarumi

Shugaban Bronze na Sarauniya Idia, ɗayan huɗu daga ƙarni na 16 ( Gidan Tarihi na noabi'ar Berlin )

Esigie ne ya kafa taken iyoba (uwa sarauniya) kuma ya baiwa mahaifiyarsa, tare da Eguae-Iyoba (Fadar Uwa Sarauniya). ^[4]

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,^[5]dangane 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.^[6]

A shirin fim na Eddie Ugbomah wanda aka a 1979 The Mask, jarumin fim din ya kwato marufin fuskan daga gidan tarihin Turai.^[7]

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  Labarin hauren giwa na Benin wanda yake wakiltar Idia, kotun Benin, ƙarni na 16 ( Gidan Tarihi na Babban Birni, New York)
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  Masanin hauren giwa wanda yake wakiltar Idia, kotun Benin, ƙarni na 16 ( British Museum, London)
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  Mashin hauren giwa na Benin, tare da murjani na murjani, mai wakiltar Idia, kotun Benin, karni na 16 ( Linden Museum, Stuttgart)

Manazarta

1. Historical Dictionary of Nigeria by Toyin Falola, Ann Genova, p.160
2. Egharevba (1968), p. 26
3. West African Journal of Archaeology, Editorial Board WAJA, p.144
4. Guinea Coast, 1400–1600 A.D. | Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art
5. Historical Dictionary of Nigeria by Toyin Falola, Ann Genova, p.160
6. 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
7. 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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