Four Ruling Houses (Hausa Presence in the Waters of the Niger)
A structured prosopographical, genealogical, and elite lineage dataset cataloging the 4 primary royal ruling houses (known natively as Gidaje) that emerged from or succeeded branches of the historic Jerabana Dynasty within the Yauri Kingdom and Emirate.
Source & Methodology
Extracted from primary palace genealogical charts, royal court testimonies, village chieftaincy registers, and intensive semi-structured elite interviews—incorporating records from the 90-year-old elder court historian Alhaji Muhammadu Na-Yelwa and local informant Malam Ibrahim Ahmad—as systemized by editors Prof. A.I. Yandaki, Prof. H.M. Maishanu, and Prof. M.U. Bunza in their collaborative historical text "Hausa Presence in the Waters of the Niger: A History of Yauri Kingdom from 1411 up to its Emirate Status".