Mandaragirau

Mandaragirau was a seat of the Dagil chiefs in the country of the Babur and Bura peoples, near the Biu Plateau. Its ruling house claimed descent from Yamtarawala, remembered as the founder of the Babur kingdom. His tomb at Limbur and some of his royal regalia were held in the care of the people of Mandaragirau.

Oral tradition tells of a dispute between two sons of Mai Dawi. While the elder, Ali Sokar, was away at war, his younger brother succeeded their father. Ali Sokar left with followers and established his own authority on a hill near Virahyel. His descendants, known as the Dagil, later ruled from Mandaragirau, while the other branch ruled the Babur kingdom from the Biu area. The two neighbouring kingdoms remained distinct, though they could support one another in war.