✍🏾 *Madalla Kadiri, Zaar Activist*.
*In Summary:*
1. *Our Ancestors:*
According to reliable historical record of relationship between Zaar and the Bauchi Emirate, the extension of the caliphate to Bauchi followed the presentation of the staff of office to Mallam Yakubu by Danfodio. Yakubu's expedition southwards Bauchi resulted in the conquest of the state of Lere in C.1815. Other areas conquered included, Bijinawa, Barawa, Jakawa and Bankalawa, all sub-groups of Jarawa. Eastwards, the attack on the Sayawa settlements met with stiff opposition owing mainly to the nature of the terrain and the segmentary pattern of the Sayawa settlement (Aliyu, 1974). Ikimi (1970) reports that the Sayawa sealed a friendship treaty with Yakubu at Inkil town with the breaking of bows and arrows.
In Jihad or Islamic law Muslims can only call for friendship treaty or truce when they are weak and they require time to re-strategize, re-supply and re-build forces. friendship treaty or truces are permissible and not obligatory.
And during Jihad they only call for peace when they are weak or at a disadvantage.
Allah says" So do not be fainthearted and call for peace , when it is who the uppermost" Quran 47:35
What should make a Muslim call for friendship treaty or truce during Jihad is
1- Weakness
2- Lack of numbers
3- Lack of Materials
4- Lack of hope of his enemy to convert Islam
Our Ancestors successfully resisted all foreign impostors who wanted to take over our land under the pretext of religious ideology.
Credit should be given to them.
2. *Zauren Baba Gonto*
The expedition of Yakubun Bauchi southwards Bauchi to conquer the area of Bijinawa, Barawa, Jakawa and Bankalawa, Jarawa, Sayawa was in 1815. Eastwards, the attack on only the Sayawa settlements was met with stiff opposition.
In 1904, the Sudan United Mission came to Africa with the aim of the checking the further spread of Islam to the African Sudanic belt. Dr. Kumm, the leader of the mission had warned other missionaries in Northern Nigeria, that, "unless we do our duty these wards of ours will find their nemesis in the cul-de-sac of Islam" (Boer 1964). The specific objective of the mission in Nigeria was to spread Christianity in five 'fronts' among the Jukun of Wukari and Donga; the Tarok of Fantang, the Birom at Du, the Mbula in Yola (Maxwell, 1952). A missionary station was established at Boi among the Zaar in 1927, and later at Mwari in the area (Dauda, 1999). A great number of Zaar people
embraced Christianity within a short period of its introduction. Among the early converts were, Baba Peter Gonto, Samaila Ma'aji, Haruna Samari, Ayuba Gobara and others. The early converts were taught to read and write. These early literates later formed an organization known as the 'Committee of New Rule'. (Sabon Mulki) in 1945 which later metarmophosed to Zauren Gonto. The interval between coming of Islam and Christianity to Zaar land is almost 100 years, but Zaar people could not embrace Islam like Christianity.
The early members represented their respective villages. For instance, Peter Gonto represented Mwari, while Filibus Gaduniya and Yakubu Manzo represented Sum and Bogoro respectively.
It is particularly significant that the Christian missions were instrumental to the consolidation of boundaries between the Zaar and Hausa-Fulani in Tafawa Balewa and Bogoro LGA. The missions utilized the administratively created units as a basis for their own organization. The Church Missionary Society ( CMS) and the Sudan Mission ( S I M ) therefore, contributed considerably to the creation of the structure, which added impetus to the organizational establishment of the boundary. The major achievement of Zauren Gonto were as follows;
1. Sustaining struggle for self determination from Bauchi Emirate inherited from our Ancestors.
2. Indigenization of District head of Lere in the second republic etc
After the death of Baba Peter Gonto it leader, Zauren Gonto that was formed with the purpose to sustain Zaar struggle for self determination from Bauchi Emirate became a tooth less bulldog. Zaar struggle was stagnated for many years, they were hurriedly disbanded to parve way for the selection of Community Leader which later metarmophosed to Ghun Zaar select.
Credit should be given to them.
3. *Lar Family of Plateau State*.
Lar Family of Plateau State has help Zaar land a lot and I always call them silent achievers in Zaar struggle, they were Zaar lawyers for almost 4 decades. Chief Solomon Daushep Lar before he became Plateau State Governor in the second republic, he was a Zaar lawyer, he defended Zaar land many times in Nigerian court and won, during Babalakin Commission of Enquiry into the 1991 crisis Zaar land seek the assistance of Solomon Daushep Lar and he was able to send his brother Barr. Stephen Lar to represent Zaar land. Barr Stephen Lar was the Zaar Lawyer during Babalakin Commission of Enquiry into the 1991 crisis, he successfully defended our land, Zauren Gonto and other people arrested where discharge and acquitted, Babalakin Commission of Enquiry was able to recommend for the creation of Zaar Chiefdom out of Bauchi, somebody that fail woefully in defending Hon. Habila Lumana and he was sacked as Chairman is now busy claiming the credit.
Credit should be given to them.
4. *Ghun Zaar select and his Council*.
The selection of Ghun Zaar was to usher in a new era of Zaar struggle for self determination from Bauchi Emirate and also to end the era of Zauren Baba Gonto which have stagnated Zaar struggle for almost two decade. Whether we like it or not the short reign of Ghun Zaar select Air Commodore Ishaku Komo and his Council in Zaar land have recorded a tremendous achievement in the area of Zaar struggle for self determination from Bauchi Emirate, it was during Ghun Zaar select reign that Zaar Chiefdom law 2011 was passed into law by the Bauchi State House of Assembly and Governor Isah Yuguda give assent, it was during the same Ghun Zaar reign that all the lacuna in the Zaar Chiefdom law 2011 is being re-amended by the current governor with a promise that he will actualized Zaar Chiefdom.
His reign as Ghun Zaar select have bring a lot of development in Zaar land, it was during his reign that Zaar Man became a Speaker House of Representative, Executive Secretary Tetfund, Justice of the Supreme court, Zaar Man became Chairman of Tafawa Balewa LGA after Hon. Habila Lumana etc, many roads were constructed and tarred during his reign as Ghun Zaar in Zaar land.
The short reign of Ghun Zaar Air Commodore Ishaku Komo and his Council is synonymous with that of king Solomon, the bible recorded that Solomon's reign was an era of unprecedented prosperity due to his wisdom, a quality bestowed upon him by God.
*Zaar land has already undergone structural change beyond recognition under the Current Ghun Zaar Select*.
Credit should be given to them.
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