Hadejia

Hadejia (also Hadeja, previously Biram) is a Hausa town in eastern Jigawa State, northern Nigeriacite web |url= http://www.fallingrain.com/world/NI/39/Hadejia.html|title= Hadejia|accessdate=2007-02-18 |work= Fallingrain.com|publisher=Falling Rain Genomics, Inc.] . The population was approximately 47,400 as of 1991.cite encyclopedia | encyclopedia = Encyclopædia Britannica| title = Hadejia| url = http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9038730/Hadejia| accessdate = 2006-12-22| publisher = Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.] The people of Hadejia are largely Muslim, although some follow indigenous belief systems.cite web| url = http://www.hadejia.com/people.html| title = Haɗejia Emirate Website: PEOPLE| accessdate = 2006-12-22| publisher = Hadejia.com]

Hadejia was once known as Biram, and is referred to as one of the "seven true Hausa states" (Hausa Bakwai),cite encyclopedia | encyclopedia = Encyclopædia Britannica| title = Daura | url = http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9029455/Daura | accessdate = 2006-12-21 | publisher = Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc ] because it was ruled by the descendants of the Hausa mythological figure Bayajidda and his second wife, Daurama.cite web| url = http://dierklange.com/pdf/fulltexts/hausa/08_Sources-Bayajidda-legend.pdf| title = Oral version of the Bayajidda legend| accessdate = 2006-12-21| author = Dierk Lange | work = Ancient Kingdoms of West Africa |format=PDF] By 1810, during the Fulani War, the Hausa rulers of the Hausa Bakwai had all been overcome by the Fulani.cite web |url= http://www.amanaonline.com/Sokoto/sokoto_9.htm |title= The Consolidation of the Empire|accessdate=2007-01-21 |last= Johnston|first= H. A. S|year= 1967|work= The Fulani Empire of Sokoto|publisher= Amana Online] Hadejia Emirate itself had been founded two years earlier, in 1808, and lasted until 1991, when it was absorbed into Jigawa State.

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* [http://www.hadejia.com/index.html Website of the Hadejia Emirate]