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Abu Ja
Abu Ja, also called Jatau, was a ruler of the Hausa dynasty of Zazzau driven into exile by the Fulani jihad. After his brother Muhammadu Makau fled south to Zuba and died there, Abu Ja succeeded him and around 1828 founded a new walled town that took his name, Abuja. It became the capital of the exiled dynasty's emirate.
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