• term paramount ruler, or sometimes paramount king, is a generic description, though occasionally also used as an actual title, for a number of rulers' position...
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    English terms used in the media and by the general public include "Paramount Ruler" or "Supreme Head of the Federation". The very common term "King" has...
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    The term Paramount Ruler, or sometimes Paramount Datu, is a term used by historians[who?] to describe the highest ranking political authorities in the...
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  • to refer to the rulers of multiple chiefdoms or the rulers of exceptionally powerful chiefdoms that have subordinated others. Paramount chiefs were identified...
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    James Ayatse (category Nigerian traditional rulers)
    of Benue State in central Nigeria is a Nigerian academic who is the Paramount Ruler/King of Tiv Nation and president, Tiv Area Traditional Council and...
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    river lies the separately-led polity of Tondo. Maynila was led by paramount rulers who were referred to using the Malay title of "Raja". In popular literature...
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    country, had always been extremely decentralized and therefore had no paramount ruler. The British created the office of Tor Tiv in 1947, appointing Makere...
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    [mandadores] who attended to the interests of the barangay. The term paramount datu or paramount ruler is a term applied by historians to describe the highest ranking...
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    apex city states. The rulers of these barangays would then select the most senior or most respected among them to serve as a paramount datu. These polities...
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  • The Awujale of Ijebuland: The paramount ruler of Ijebuland, Oba Sikiru Adetona, though considered the paramount ruler and leader, mainly rule over Ijebu...
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    monarch. He is the 21st Ataoja of Osogbo and the current king and paramount ruler of the ancient city of Osogbo the state capital of Osun. Adeyemo, Adeolu...
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  • paramount ruler. The paramount ruler is, therefore, the first amongst equals in the royal thrones of Ini Local Government Area. The current Paramount...
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    granted a gun salute by the British Crown (as paramount ruler); i.e., the protocolary privilege for its ruler to be greeted—originally by Royal Navy ships...
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    Nzinga of Ndongo and Matamba (category 17th-century women rulers)
    Mbande (/nəˈzɪŋɡə/; c. 1583 – 17 December 1663) was a southwest African paramount ruler who ruled as a queen of the Ambundu Kingdoms of Ndongo (1624–1663)...
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    of Oyo". Retrieved 2023-03-04. Welcome to the website of His Imperial Majesty, The Alaafin of Oyo, The Head and Paramount Ruler of the Yorubas. v t e...
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  • Bature †, paramount ruler Musa Bityong †, military service Harrison Bungwon †, engineer, paramount ruler Bala Ade Dauke †, politician, paramount ruler Marok...
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  • Conspiracy of 1587–1588, the last native ruler of Tondo, and the last individual to hold the title of paramount ruler in any of the Indianized indigenous Tagalog...
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  • Matthew Opaluwa (category Nigerian traditional rulers)
    Matthew Alaji Opaluwa Oguche Akpa II (listen) is the 28th Àtá Ígálá (paramount ruler) of the Igala Kingdom in the Middle Belt of Nigeria. Opaluwa was born...
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    Soun of Ogbomoso is the official title given to the paramount ruler of Ogbomoso kingdom. The current and the 28th Soun of Ogbomoso is Ọba Ghandi Afọlábí...
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    first paramount ruler of the Lunda, creating the title of Mwane-a-Yamvu (c. 1665). Other sources state the first well-attested historical ruler of Lunda...
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    of the Olu of Ilaro, who also doubles as the Paramount Ruler of Yewaland. The incumbent paramount ruler is Oba Kehinde Gbadewole Olugbenle, who ascended...
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    Ijoku, Ijagba and Latawa. It is the capital of Remo Kingdom, and the paramount ruler of the kingdom, the Akarigbo of Remo, has his palace is in the town...
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    Lakan (category Filipino paramount rulers)
    Philippine history, the rank of lakan denoted a "paramount ruler" (or more specifically, "paramount datu") of one of the large coastal barangays (known...
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    acknowledged the leadership of a datu with the most senior rank – a "paramount ruler" or "paramount datu", who was called a "lakan". According to San Buenaventura...
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  • from Songhay in Mali 1675 Establishment of Gonja paramount ruler Yagbongwura Yagbongwura (Paramount Rulers) Ngbanya dynasty 1675 to 1698 Sumaila Ndewura...
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  • Lakandula (category Filipino paramount rulers)
    Spanish orthography: Lacandola) was the title of the last lakan or paramount ruler of pre-colonial Tondo when the Spaniards first conquered the lands...
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    Raja (category Filipino paramount rulers)
    rājan-) is a noble or royal Sanskrit title historically used by some Indian rulers and monarchs and highest-ranking nobles. The title was historically used...
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    present-day southern Nigeria during the 19th century who became the "Paramount Ruler" of Badagry within the indirect rule structure established by the British...
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  • Ajike Ogunoye (category Nigerian traditional rulers)
    Ajike Ogunoye was a paramount ruler of Owo Kingdom, Ondo state, southwestern Nigeria who reigned between 1938 and 1941. He was the son of Olagbegi Atanneye...
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  • code of the area is 540. The paramount ruler of Calabar Municipality is known as the Ndidem of the Quas and paramount ruler of Calabar municipality, he...
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