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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
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