Mohammed Shitta Bey
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Mohammed Shitta-Bey (19 December 1824 – 4 July 1895), alias Olowo Pupa,[1] was the first titled Seriki Musulumi (a Nigerian chieftain) of Lagos. He was a prominent Nigerian Muslim businessman, aristocrat and philanthropist who was involved in commerce across Lagos and the Niger-Delta region. He was also a patron of the Shitta-Bey Mosque in Lagos, and served as a leader in the Lagos Muslim community until his death.[2] He is known to be one of the founding fathers of legitimate commerce in precolonial Nigeria; as at the time of his death he was the most prominent and wealthiest Muslim trader in West Africa. [3]
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Mohammed Shitta-Bey | |
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Born | Mohammed Shitta |
Monuments | Shitta-Bey Mosque |
Other names | William |
Title | Seriki Musulumi of Lagos, Bey of the Ottoman Empire |
Term | 1894–95 |
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