Mohammed Shitta-Bey | |
|---|---|
 Mohammed Shitta Bey in 1894 | |
| Born | Mohammed Shitta |
| Monuments | Shitta-Bey Mosque |
| Other names | William |
| Title | Seriki Musulumi of Lagos, Bey of the Ottoman Empire |
| Term | 1894–95 |
Mohammed Shitta-Bey (19 December 1824 – 4 July 1895), alias Olowo Pupa,[1] was the first titled Seriki Musulumi (a Nigerian chieftain) of Lagos. He was a prominent Nigerian Muslim businessman, aristocrat and philanthropist who was involved in commerce across Lagos and the Niger-Delta region. He was also a patron of the Shitta-Bey Mosque in Lagos, and served as a leader in the Lagos Muslim community until his death.[2] He is known to be one of the founding fathers of legitimate commerce in precolonial Nigeria; as at the time of his death he was the most prominent and wealthiest Muslim trader in West Africa. [3]
- ^ Conference of Muslim Lecturers and Administrative Staff of Nigerian Universities (1970). Nigerian Journal of Islam. Vol. 1–2. University of Ife Bookshop Limited, 1970. p. 25. Retrieved 19 December 2016.
- ^ Ostien & Makinde 2012, p. 57.
- ^ Cole 2013, p. 135.