Bello Maliki
Etsu Nupe
Reign1916 – 1926
Coronation1916
PredecessorMuhammadu Majigi
SuccessorSaidu Mamudu
Born1887 (1887)
Bida
Died1926 (aged 3839)
HouseUsman Zaki rulings dynasty
ReligionSunni Islam

Bello Dan Maliki (1887 – 1926) was the 8th Etsu Nupe King of Nupe from 1916 to 1926.[1][2][3]

In 1918 he was the first monarch to bought a car as of the time road was not constructed in Bida and all community in Nigeria and the emirate benefited from the car.[4][5]

He belong to the Usman Zaki ruling house of Fulani Nupe rulings dynasty.[6]

Further reading

  • The Nupe and their creed, Sir Nigfred, German institute of linguistic, Germany. 1957

Notes

  1. Whitaker, C. Sylvester Jr. (2015-03-08). The Politics of Tradition: Continuity and Change in Northern Nigeria, 1946-1966. Princeton University Press. p. 446. ISBN 978-1-4008-7176-6 via Internet Archive.
  2. West Africa. Afrimedia International. 1978 via Internet Archive.
  3. Jos Educational Forum: JEF. Department of Arts and Social Science Education, University of Jos. 2003. ISSN 1119-9210.
  4. Rich, Evelyn Jones; Wallerstein, Immanuel Maurice (1972). Africa: Tradition and Change. Random House School Division. ISBN 978-0-394-00938-4 via Internet Archive.
  5. Iliffe, John (2005). Honour in African History. Cambridge University Press. p. 221. ISBN 978-0-521-54685-0.
  6. Mead, Margaret; Calas, Nicolas (1953). Primitive Heritage: An Anthropological Anthology. Random House via Internet Archive.
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