Ashipa

Ashipa
Oba na Lagos 1682 - 1716
Rayuwa
Haihuwa	Masarautar Benin,
Harshen uwa	Yarbanci
Mutuwa	Lagos,, 1716
Makwanci	Masarautar Benin
Ƴan uwa
Yara	view Ado (Lagos Oba)
Karatu
Harsuna	Turanci Yarbanci
Sana'a
Sana'a	sarki

Ashipa, wanda ya kafa daular Legas amma an tsige shi daga matsayin Sarkin Legas, ^[1] wanda duk wani Oba (Sarkin) Legas ya samo asali daga zuriyarsu,^[2] ya kasance kyaftin a yayin yakin Oba na Benin. Ashipa ya sami lada da lakabin Head War Chief/Oloriogun ^[3] kuma ya karɓi takunkumin Oba na Benin na mulkin Legas.^[4] Wasu tarihin Benin na tarihin Ashipa a matsayin ɗa ko jikan Oba na Benin. ^[5] A cewar Yarbawa Ashipa wani dan kaɓilar Awori ne wanda ya rike mukamin Ashipa na Isheri. Wasu asusun sun lura cewa Ashipa lalatar Yarbawa ce ta sunan Benin Aisika-hienbore (wanda aka fassara "ba za mu bar wannan wuri ba"). ^[6]

Ashipa ya karbi takobi da gangunan sarauta a matsayin alamun ikonsa daga Oba na Benin a kan aikinsa zuwa Legas. Bugu da kari, Oba na Benin ya tura tawagar jami'an Benin da aka ɗorawa alhakin kiyaye muradun Benin a Legas. waɗannan jami’an, karkashin jagorancin Eletu Odibo, su ne farkon ‘yan aji Akarigbere na Legas White Cap Chiefs.

1. ↑ Empty citation (help)Slavery and the Birth of an African City. p. 29.
2. ↑ Aimiuwu, O.E.I. Ashipa: the first Oba of Lagos. Nigeria Magazine, Issues 100-104, Government of Nigeria 1969. pp. 624–627. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
3. ↑ Empty citation (help)Mann, Kristin (2007). Slavery and the Birth of an African City: Lagos, 1760-1900. Indiana University Press, 2007. p. 45. ISBN 9780253348845
4. ↑ Herskovits Kopytoff, Jean. A Preface to Modern Nigeria: The "Sierra Leoneans" in Yoruba, 1830-1890. University of Wisconsin Press. pp. 64–65.
5. ↑ Empty citation (help) Folami, Takiu (1982). A History of Lagos, Nigeria: The Shaping of an African City. Exposition Press. p. 22. ISBN 9780682497725
6. ↑ Smith, Robert (January 1979). The Lagos Consulate, 1851-1861. University of California Press, 1979. p. 4. ISBN 9780520037465