NIGERIA POLICE Nigerian Native Authority DAURA District Cap Badge by JR Gaunt

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I have many various OBSOLETE Vintage Police badges (Approx 16) soon to be listed so please DO check my "Seller's other listings"
An EXCEPTIONALLY scarce Police badge made in England by the firm of JR Gaunt in London
Worn in the days of Nigerian Colonialism long obsolete and now virutally IMPOSSIBLE to find today
Daura is a town and Local Government Area in Katsina State, northern Nigeria.
It is the spiritual home of the Hausa people.
The emirate is referred to as one of the "seven true Hausa states" (Hausa Bakwai) because it was, (along with Biram, Kano, Katsina, Zazzau, Gobir, and Rano), ruled by the descendants of Bayajidda's sons with Daurama and Magira (his first wife).
The University of California's African American Studies Department refers to Daura, as well as Katsina, as having been "ancient seats of Islamic culture and learning."
History
Daura is the city that Bayajidda, a figure from Hausa mythology, arrived at after his trek across the Sahara. Once there, he killed a snake (named Sarki) who prevented the people from drawing water from the well, and the local queen, Magajiya Daurama, married him out of gratitude; one of their seven children was named Daura.
The Kusugu Well in Daura where Bayajidda is said to have slain Sarki is protected by a wooden shelter and has become a tourist attraction.
In 1805, during the Fulani War, Daura was taken over by Fulani warrior Malam Ishaku, who set up an emirate. The Hausa set up rival states nearby, and the ruler of one, Malam Musa, was made the new emir of Daura by the British in 1904, While Fulani emirs reigned and established a rival kingdoms at Daure-Zango (Zango) and at Daure-Baure (Baure). Zango (founded in 1825) was the more prominent Hausa-Daura kingdom, and in 1903–04, after the British and French had divided the three Daura polities, the British installed Zango’s king, Malam Musa, as the new emir of Daura.
Part of former North-Central state after 1967, the traditional emirate was incorporated into Kaduna state in 1976. It became part of the newly created Katsina state in 1987. Faruk Umar Faruk became the 60th Emir of Daura on 28 Feb 2007 following the death of Sarkin Muhammadu Bashar dan Umaru
If you buy more than one badge ?
We will happily COMBINE these....... so that you pay only a single postage charge :-)
All badges are unconditionally guaranteed 100% GENUINE for life, that guarantee INCLUDES their cost of postage BOTH ways
The "for life" part ? means that you cannot ask for a refund after you have died :-)
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Postage
First Class Air Mail (6-10 DAYS)
New Zealand residents SORRY but you pay GST @15% on purchase price :-(
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