"Your counsel is accepted."
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Amina of Zazzau
Amina (also called Aminatu; died 1610) was a historical figure in the city-state of Zazzau (now Zaria in Kaduna State), in what is now the north-west region of Nigeria. She ruled in the mid-sixteenth century.
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