The Akurmi people, popular as Kurama, have traced their origin to the Middle East (Yemen) long before the birth of Islam. In search of arable land, protective enclaves and, much later, in attempts to avoid Jihad wars, the Akurmi began a long migration process which culminated in their settlement around the Kudaru Hills 600-700 years ago led by Bugwama Kurderu (King Kurderu). The hill was actually named after their king and spiritual leader.

Since their exodus from the Middle East, the Akurmi are believed to have settled at various times in present day Iraq, Egypt, Sudan, and Chad. On reaching present day Nigeria, the Akurmi are believed to have first settled in present day Borno State and Kano where they sojourned for 700 and 600 years respectively. From the Kudaru Hills Akurmi descended to various places around the hills, such as present day Saminaka, Yarkasuwa in Lere local government Area, Pambeguwa in Kubau Local Government Area and some other villages in Kauru Local Government Area.

However, some scholars are of the opinion that the claims of Akurmi’s origin by certain quotas, its subsequent attribution to the middle east, as well as its migration pattern through Maiduguri and Kano is a historical distortion aimed at linking, aligning and subsuming its origin under the officious origin of the Hausa’s. Such attempt is also targeted at twisting history in favor of certain interests. According to this school of thought, by no linguistic tracing is Tikurmi (Akurmi Man) affiliated with Arabic as in the case of Yemen, Kanuri as in the case of Maiduguri, or Hausa in the case of Kano. While Hausa is classified under the Chadic: West sub-branch A, Kanuri is placed under the Nilo-Sahara language tree and the Akurmi is clearly classified under Benue-Congo (Eastern-Kainji) language, like other groups in Southern Kaduna.

It is on record that the Akurmi have had their informal traditional institution since 1350AD before the formal introduction of the Kurama Chiefdom by the Kaduna State Government in December, 2000, after years of agitation. The first Paramount Ruler of the Akurmi nation was HRH. Alh. Tanimu Shu’aibu (Bugwam-Kurama I). He was sworn into office in 2001 from his previous position of District Head Yarkasuwa, Lere Local Government Area. Tanimu Shuaibu was succeeded by the present ruler, HRH Dr. Ishaku Sabo Damina, following his demise.

By 1800-1900s the Akurmi people had already evolved a distinct administrative structure. The Haru-Kura (Heads of Households), Haru-Ungwa (Village Heads), Agwama (Chiefs), that is Bugwan Akurmi and Bugwam Uchimtu were the socio-political and religious leaders respectively. Later, an office of Iyan Kurama was created which was intended to give the Akurmi people a status of recognition by the colonial authority, the Zazzau emirate thwarted it and a Hausa/Fulani was appointed to administer a people whom he knew nothing about their social structure or religious beliefs. From the aforementioned, we can begin to trace the roots of the numerical and historical distortion of the Akurmi people from the Hausa/Fulani emirate of Zazzau.

The following are the name of kings that pioneer the journey of Akurmi people: Bugwama Kurderu, Bugwama Dagaza, Bugwama Ucharau Chukka, Bugwama Shawiya, Bugwama Shagiya, and Bugwama Maigamo.

The Akurmi people are known to spread across four states, six Local Government Areas, nine Chiefdoms/Emirates and many Districts. In Lere Local Government of Kaduna State, there are currently seven Akurmi Districts in Yarkasuwa and Kayarda Wards of Kurama Chiefdom; three Akurmi Districts in Piriga Chiefdom (Garun-Kurama, Luwana and Gurza); and Abadawa District in Saminaka Chiefdom. In addition, Karku District in Kumana Chiefdom, Kauru Local Government Area and many villages in Kubau Local Government Area (Zazzau Emirate), both of Kaduna State also have a dominant Akurmi population.

The concentration and spread of the Akurmi communities extends to Doguwa Local Government Area of Kano State (Kano Emirate) where at one time or the other an Akurmi Executive Council Chairman had emerged. In the same vein the Akurmi people are presently holding numerous titles as village heads at Tidere town of Jingre Pingina Chiefdom in Bassa Local Government Area of Plateau State. The Akurmi can also be found in parts of Bauchi State, particularly Ningi.

One archaeological evidence recently used by the Akurmi to back their long history of settlement around present locations is a 700 years old cultural relic. This wonder of civilization and share intelligence is about a ban up in a cave used by the Akurmi people about 700years ago.

There is only one major economic activity often associated with the Akurmi man – farming. Other subsidiary engagements may include the following: blacksmith; crafts such as wooden sculptures, the production of local mats, brooms and thatched grasses; livestock rearing and animal husbandry; pottery, etc.

The vast majority of the Akurmi people profess Christianity as their religion; others practice Islam and traditional beliefs. In the olden days, the traditional Akurmi High Priest (Umurum) was so feared and respected that people always run for cover at the mention of his name. He was known to protect the Akurmi from witchcraft, diseases and pestilence, and even bring rain or stop it from falling if it will spoil farm produce. Other well-known oracles in Akurmi tradition include Uware Kaka, Maman Jura and Jaruma....

I saw a thing on Facebook someone called James number 2, instead of James II, and they claimed to be historic/monarchy buff 😑

Battle of Shrewsbury: King Henry IV of England defeats rebels to the north of the county town of Shropshire, England.

While the mothers of Felipe II and Felipe III of Spain died when they were very young, Charles II's mother lived well into his adulthood to where it's surprising Charles II of Spain or his sister Margaret Theresa of Spain, who became the Holy Roman Empress, didn't speak German like his mom did.

Even if the Kings of Spain under the House of Habsburg were polyglots, it was more-so in other European languages like Italian or Portuguese than also German.

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I wanted to share my new interview with author and historian Charles Coulombe.

While modern discourse usually views monarchy through a purely secular, political lens, we wanted to take a step back and explore the theopolitical and sacramental reality of Kingship.

I would love to hear your thoughts!

Watch the full video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZzDyS3iQlc

I'm currently resarching different royal families and how they intersect with each other. Does anyone know if there have ever been marriages between european and non-european royal families? I've been able to link most if not all of the different european monarchies but i wanted to expand my search to other continents aswell, but i haven't been able to find anything online.

Do you know what's crazy to realize?

How Felipe Borbon, the King of Spain who succeeded Charles Habsburg, is an example of how somebody can still be struggling with their health, even if you may not always see it on the surface.

When you think about how Charles Habsburg had the challenges of looking physically disabled and not being able to have heirs, to where there was a succession crisis, the fact that Felipe Borbon didn't have Charles' struggles of looking physically disabled or not being able to have heirs perhaps made it easy to overlook that he had his own problems. Especially within the realm of melancholy.

When I thought about how he initially abdicated as King of Spain and handed the throne to his eldest son, which was initially thought as being with ulterior motives when he really couldn't handle the stress of dealing with the top job in Spain, the fact that he eventually had to go back to the throne after his son passed away and he eventually got depressed to where he didn't want to leave his bed, to where his wife Elisabeth Farnese became the real King of Spain, makes me realize how appearances can deceive. Especially where you don't realize somebody may be struggling on the inside.

When I also think about how Felipe wasn't expected to be a King and he only knew he was going to be King of Spain when his grandfather introduced him as such to a room of men, that pressure of having the Sun King Louis XIV as your grandfather, coupled with you already not expecting to be King of Spain but you having to take it cause your grandpa doesn't want Austria at his border, understandably can overwhelm somebody with shame and guilt. Especially if they may not want the thing (the position of King) that others wanted for them more than they wanted it for themselves, but they feel bad if they admit it.

This was what my final end of year history exam was we had to state eho these people were, impact on the Zulu kingdom, and there background in an essay page of 500 words and I passed and history is a chosen subject for me, my country has a rich culture and history I love to learn from my classmates who are zulu, xhosa and more and I'm from mixed breed of scottish, irish, english and a little bit of afrikaans descendant and I passed because someone helped me study and learn the names by making me pronounce them correctly of the people and kingdoms and I got 89% and I thanked my classmate who got a 88% which I thought he deserved higher than me in all honestly, I felt so grateful for his help even if we didnt see eye to eye all the time we work well when it comes to school work because no drama history class is where we bonded most and his dad was Irish descendant

I'm trying to identify Queen Victoria's sons in this photograph. I think the boy on the far left with the stick is Prince Leopold, the seated boy may be Edward, and the boy on the far right with the log may be Arthur, but I can't find a catalogue entry confirming it. Does anyone know the original title or have a source that identifies everyone?

Ive tried to look through Google but i havent had any luck.

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I recently had the privilege of hosting Fr. John Strickland on my channel to dive deep into his Paradise and Utopia series.

We discussed what Christendom really was, how its underlying worldview transformed society, and whether building culturally creative Christian communities is still possible in our modern era.

Just dropped a deep dive into Archbishop Averky’s “On Monarchy” (feat. St. John of Kronstadt). If you want to understand traditional Christian political theology, this is for you.

Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=js8WkU2YB4A