Muri
Muri gari ne wanda yake da masarautar  gargajiya a Jalingo kuma sarautar lamba ɗaya wato (Emir) garin ya mamaye karamar hukumar Karim Lamido ARDO KOLA Yoro, karamar hukumar Taraba da sauran su, garin yana arewa maso yammacin jihar Taraba a gabashin Najeriya, kimanin tsakanin 9° da 11° 40′ E. da 7° 10′ da 9° 40′ N. Kogin Benuwai na kusa da garin miuri yankin kudancin kogin shi yake shayar da kogunan da suka fito daga yankin Kamaru zuwa Binuwai. A cikin shekara ta 1991, an kuma kiyasta garin yana da yawan jama'a 56,570. 
Sai dai kwarin Benuwai yana da yanayin da turawa basa iya zama ba a garin, sai dai kuma akwai wurare a arewacin lardin, kamar ƙauyen Fula na Wase a kudancin tsaunukan Murchison, wanda wannan kuma wurin yana bada yanayi mai kyau. An fi amfani da harsunan Tula–Waja irin su Dadiya da Bangwinji ana magana da su gefen tsaunukan Muri.

Tarihin Muri
A cikin shekara ta 1817, aka kafa garin Muri a matsayin wanda Fulani ne suka kafa shi bayan jihadinsu. Daga shekarar 1892 zuwa 1893 ƙasar Faransa tazo garin da sunan kariyar ta gaskiya, ƙarƙashin Gwamna Louis Mizon (b. 1853 - d. 1899). A cikin shekara ta 1901 garin yanda faɗi kusan 25,800 m². lardin da ke ƙarƙashin mulkin Birtaniya na Arewacin Najeriya, mai iyaka daga kudu (a) sai daga Kudancin Najeriya, kudu maso gabas (SE) sai ta gabas (E) tayi iyaka da yankin Kamaru wanda Jamus ta mulka. Sai Arewa (N) ta lardin Yola. Sai ta yamma (W) tayi iyaka da Bauchi. Sai yamma kuma tayi iyaka da wani yankin Nasarawa da Bassa mai kimanin mutane 828,000. Ƙaramar masarautar Katsena-Allah ta kai kudu da Benuwai sosai yamma da 9° E., gwargwadon iyakar sauran lardin. Lardin yana da arzikin dazuzzuka, kuma Kamfanin Neja yana kula da tashoshin kasuwanci a gaɓar kogin. Ana noman auduga, saƙa da rini sauran su wannan yaba mutane damar samun aiki ga dubban mutane. Haka Lardin Muri ya haɗa da tsohuwar daular Jukun tare da ƙananan garuruwan Fulani daban-daban da kuma wasu ƙabilun maguzawa, waɗanda a cikinsu akwai ‘yan ƙabilar Munshi waɗanda suka mamaye lardunan Nassarawa da Bassa, na cikin waɗanda suka fi fama da tashin hankali. Yan ƙabilar Munshi sun mamaye kusan m² 4000, a gundumar Katsena-Alah. Ƙabilun maguzawa a arewacin lardin sun kasance suna cin naman mutane, marasa bin doka da oda, waɗanda suka daɗe suna nuna fushinsu da kashe-kashenn ’yan kasuwa masu fatauci zuwa Bauchi suna cikin haɗari, kuma sun daƙushe kasuwannin kwarin Binuwai (Benue valley) da Kamaru daga jihohin Hausa duk Hanyoyin da suka san ana bi sai da suka tare ta, daman hanyoyi biyu ne kawai, ɗaya ta Wase ɗayan kuma ta Gatari. A kudancin lardin maguzawa makiya sun rufe hanyar shiga Kamaru sai ta hanyoyi biyu, Takum da Beli. Ƴan kasuwan Hausawa na lardin Muri yana masu wahala bin wannan waɗannan hanyoyin ga haɗari da kashe-kashe an sami sauƙi sune a lokacin da gwamnatin Birtaniya tazo.

Muri ya zo ne a ƙarƙashin mulkin Birtaniya a shekara ta 1900. Babban yunƙurin gwamnatin shi ne taimakawa wajen buɗe hanyoyin kasuwanci. A cikin shekara ta 1904 wani balaguro da aka yi kan masu cin naman mutane ya haifar da kame manyan sansanoninsu da matsugunai tare da buɗe kasuwannin manyan gundumomi, hanyoyin da ke zuwa Binuwai sun kasance babu matsala lami lafiya. A cikin shekara ta 1905 wani balaguron yaƙi da Munshi, wanda ya zama dole ta hanyar kai hari ba gaira ba dalili a tashar Kamfanin Neja a garin Abinsi. Rashin wata hukuma ta tsakiya ya jinkirta aiwatar da shirin mayar da lardin ƙarƙashin kulawar masu gudanarwa. An kuma tsara gwamnatin a bisa tsari irin na sauran Arewacin Najeriya, kuma a ƙarƙashin wani Bature. An raba shi zuwa sassa uku na gudanarwa - gabas, tsakiya da yamma - tare da hedkwatarsu a garin Lau, Amar da Ibi. An kafa kotunan shari'a na lardi da na asali. An kai telegraph din zuwa garin Muri. Muri na ɗaya daga cikin lardunan da cinikin bayi ya fi ƙarfi a cikinsu, kuma matsayin da yake tsakanin ƙasar Jamus da ƙasashen Hausa ya sanya ta a farkon gwamnatin Burtaniya ta zama hanyar da aka fi so wajen safarar bayi.

Sarakunan Muri

Manazarta

Mahaɗar link ta waje

WorldStatesmen - Nigeria
The Emirs of Muri: A Brief History 
 Britannica website about Muri Emirate

Sokoto Caliphate
French West Africa
Populated places in Taraba State
1817 establishments in Africa