Ọranyan
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Ọ̀rànmíyàn, also known as Ọranyan, was a legendary Yoruba king from the kingdom of Ile-Ife, and the founder of the Oyo empire.[1] Although he was the youngest of the descendants of Oduduwa, he became the prime heir of Oduduwa upon his return to claim his grandfather's throne.[2]
Ọranyan | |
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Reign | c. 31 years |
Successor | Shango |
Regent | Ajaka |
Born | between 1200 and 1300 Ile-Ife |
Died | between 1200 and 1300 |
House | House of Oduduwa |
Religion | Yoruba religion |
According to Yoruba history, he founded Oyo as its first Alaafin in the year 1300 after he had left Benin where he had been crowned the first Oba of Benin.[3] Following the Oba Oranyan's death, his family is fabled to have erected the commemorative stele known as the Staff of Oranmiyan - Opa Oranmiyan in the Yoruba language - at the place where their grandfather died. This obelisk Is 5.5m tall and about 1.2m in circumference at its base. During a storm in 1884 about 1.2m was broken off from its top and it has fallen down twice and been re-erected on each occasion. It currently stands in a grove in Mopa, Ile-Ife. Radiocarbon tests have shown that this royal marker was erected centuries before the start of the Oduduwa dynasty.