Bida

Bida ita ce birni na biyu mafi girma a Jihar Niger. Tarihinta ya fara ne a karni na sha uku (16) lokacin da ya kasance ƙaramin gari na mutanen Beni, wanda suke ƙarƙashin kabilar Nupe. A shekara ta 1531, Tsoede (Edegi), wanda ya kafa masarautar Nupe, ya kama wannan ƙauye, wanda hakan ya sa ya zama muhimmi a gaba. Amma garin ya ci gaba da kasancewa ƙarami har zuwa lokacin da Fulani suka kama masarautar Nupe a kusa da shekara ta 1806.

Yanzun kuma, Bida ta samu matsayinta na zamani a shekara ta 1835, lokacin da Sarki Usman Zaki ya ci yaƙin basasa na Nupe kuma ya ƙarfafa Bida a matsayin sabon babban birnin masarautar, inda ta maye gurbin Raba. A zamanin Sarki Masaba na biyu (1859–1873), garin ya ci gaba da bunƙasa — katangar garin da aka sani ta girma, aka gina fadan sarakuna uku, kuma aka fara kasuwanci da kamfanin Royal Niger na Birtaniya a shekara ta 1871. Bida ta shahara a duniya saboda ƙwarewarta a sarrafa tagulla da zinariya, da kuma sarrafa kulikuli.

Sojojin Birtaniya sun ci yaƙi a Bida a shekara ta 1897, wanda ya kai ga mamayarsu a shekara ta 1901. An canza sunan masarautar zuwa Masarautar Bida kuma an hada ta da lardin Niger a shekara ta 1908. A yau, Bida ta shahara ne a matsayin cibiyar al'adun mutanen Nupe, kuma tana da yawan jama'a wanda ya kai kusan dubu 600,000, tare da yankin kilomita murabba'i 51.