Key Terms Benin

Oba

King

Gwaton (Ughoton)

Main port of Benin

Edo

Main ethnic group of Benin

Uzama

6 village chiefs whos job it was to install the new oba

Olukun

Chief deity – god of waters and prosperity

Ezomo

Commander of metropolitan army in Edo

Eghaevo n’ore

Town chiefs

Eghaevo n’ogbe

Palace chiefs

Iwebo

Palace chamberlains

Iwegune

Household officers

Ibiwe

Attendants of king’s family

Uzama Nihinron

Councillors of State/Kingmakers

Edaiken

Crown Prince

Efas

Priests of the land

Iyase

Commander of the army and leader of eghaevo n’ore

Iyoba

Queen mother

Osa and Osuan

Chief priests

Ague festival

Festival of purification and self-denial

Bale-Kale

Representatives of the oba in the provinces

Odiunwere

Village head

Onogie

Hereditary village chief

Ekaiwe

Royal troops

Isienmwenro

Royal guards

Edogun

Commander of the royal troops

Onegwa

Official who announced the oba’s successor from the some point in first half of C17

Atoro

Law stating that the oba received a chief’s property upon his death – revoked by Ewuakpe before 1701