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"Nigeria: Celebrating Centenary of Daura's Habe Dynasty" Daily Trust (Abuja) June 28, 2006 by Lawal Ibrahim The ancient and historic city of Daura in Katsina state, the acclaimed origin of the seven Hausa states (Hausa Bakwai) two weeks ago celebrated the centenary of the return of the Habe dynasty of kings in Daura after the establishment of the Sokoto Caliphate and the 40 years of the reign of Alhaji Muhammadu Bashar as a Habe Emir. Important dignitaries at the occasion included President Olusegun Obasanjo, the governors of Bauchi and Jigawa states and the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammadu Maccido. An Appeal fund to re-build the original Daura city known as Tsohon Birni, where the original rulers of Daura first settled about two thousand years ago, which is only ten kilometers away from the Daura town in now mai'Adua local government was also launched. The place was proposed to became an international Hausa Museum and Resort estimated to gulp N1.025 billion Naira, and is expected to serve as a rallying point for Hausa people all over the world. continued at <http://allafrica.com/stories/200606280441.html> -- Wannan wasik'ar i-mel ce daga H-Hausa, inda za'a cigaba da hira game da harshe da al'adu da tarihi da sauran lamura na Hausawa da mak'wabtansu.
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