He was said to be a peaceful and calm king, unlike his father, and brother, and his peacefulness caused his more angry and powerful brother to take over and overthrow him.Īnother son of Oranyan, he was appointed by the Oyo Mesi after dethroning his brother, Ajaka, he reigned for 7 years, after which he became regarded as an orisha having been combined with Jakuta, an earlier orisha in Yoruba mythologyĪjaka returned to the throne after the death of his brother.
Grandson or some say son, of Oduduwa, founder of the second Ife dynasty and ancestor to most kings of Yorubaland. In Ọ̀yọ empire, the oba is referred to as the Aláàfin, meaning owner of the palace. It is also common for the rulers of the various Yoruba domains to have their own special titles. In the Yoruba language, the word ' oba' means ruler or king. Since the 1900 political absorption into Southern Nigeria of the kingdom that it once served as a metropolitan center, the traditional monarchy has been either a tool of British indirect rule or a legally recognised traditional polity within the republic of Nigeria. Their territory, a constituent rump state, is located in contemporary Nigeria. Oyo, Oyo State, is the seat of the line of the rulers of Oyo.
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