Ijesha

Ijesha was a Yoruba kingdom based at Ilesa, west of the Effon ridge. Tradition credited its foundation around 1300 to Ajibogun Ajaka, a son of Oduduwa.

Ajibogun's successors bore the title Owa Obokun Adimula. A daughter of one ruler, Owa Atakunmosa, became an ancestress of the royal houses of neighbouring Akure. Ilesa remained the centre of Ijesha into the nineteenth century, with Ife to the south, Oyo to the west and Ekiti to the east.