Abubakar Sarakie Book One Complete Hausa Novel
Abubakar Sarakie Book One Complete Hausa Novel continues the royal drama of Prince Abbakar Sarakie as he returns to the palace after years away. His arrival brings celebration, jealousy, palace gossip, hidden hatred, and a new misunderstanding involving Nabla, a poor but hardworking girl in Ammy’s household.
Abubakar Sarakie Book One Complete Hausa Novel English Translation
From the first gate, people filled the area. They stood in rows, and even though Sarakie was inside the car, that did not stop them from stretching forward to greet him.
Above the entrance, a large board had been beautifully decorated with shining words:
WELCOME BACK ABBAKAR SARAKIE
He smiled openly and said, “My Abbiey, what is all this decoration for? It looks as if a powerful king is coming. Is all this because of me?”
Small Abbiey smiled and replied, “You are more than that to us. Insha Allah, you are our king of tomorrow. We have truly missed you.”
Sarakie said, “My Abbiey, please stop talking about this throne. By Allah, I do not want it at all. I do not even like all this heavy security, let alone becoming king. I do not want it, Abbiey.”
Small Abbiey said, “Sarakie, do not say that. Everyone’s dream is for you to become king, and you know it. So stop saying such things.”
Sarakie only sighed.
But in his heart, he had already decided that he would not accept the throne.
The Royal Welcome
They drove further into the palace. When the car finally parked, Small Abbiey and the others came out first.
Sarakie remained inside for almost thirty minutes before coming out.
As soon as he stepped out, palace guards and servants fell to the ground, offering their greetings. He only raised his hand to acknowledge them.
A huge carpet had been spread for him, with the words WELCOME BACK ABBAKAR SARAKIE written on it.
He stepped on the carpet and walked with a royal calmness that impressed everyone watching.
His eyes kept searching around because he wanted to see his brother and closest friend, Ameer. But there was no sign of him.
Instead of entering Mama Pullany’s section first, Sarakie walked straight to his mother’s part of the palace.
The news of Abbakar Sarakie’s return had already spread throughout the palace. But what people began gossiping about was the fact that he did not start from the section where everyone traditionally started after returning from a journey.
They said it was strange that, upon returning, he went directly to his mother’s section first.
To them, it meant that the journey had not changed anything about Abbakar Sarakie. If anything, it had added more problems to his character. But they believed they would deal with both him and his mother.
Sarakie Meets Ammy
Sarakie entered together with Small Abbiey, even though Abbiey kept telling him to go first to Mama Pullany’s section. Sarakie ignored him.
He saw Ammy standing near the dining table, arranging a food container. The whole table was already filled with different dishes.
He quickly moved toward Ammy, not even paying attention to the workers who were greeting him and serving around the place.
He hugged her from behind and said, “I really missed you, my Ammy. Today your Abbakar Sarakie has returned. I am back, my Ammy. My happiness has returned because of you.”
Ammy, who had missed her son deeply but still felt the modesty of a mother toward her grown son, gently pushed him away.
She said, “Have you not grown up? Do you want to break my body? Do you still not know that you are now a grown man?”
He began tapping his feet on the floor like a child and said in a spoiled tone, “Haba, sweet Ammiey. Did you not miss me? Or have you stopped loving me?”
Small Abbiey smiled and said, “Zainab, you see? Children are carried on the body, not Fulani pride. Forget my presence. It is because I am here that she is behaving like this. Yaya has filled her with our Fulani shyness.”
After saying that, he left the room.
Ammy smiled and asked, “Did you even go to Mama Pullany’s section and to Mannir’s people?”
Sarakie replied, “Sweet Ammy, you are the only one who is most necessary to me. You are the one I missed, along with Abbiey, Ameer, Ahmad, and Small Abbiey. I will see the rest later.”
Then he turned to Ahmad and asked, “Where are Ihsan and the others?”
Ammy said, “I do not want trouble to start, Sarakie. You know a royal house is different from every other home. There is a difference between this place and where you came from. Even now, they may accuse me of being the one who pulled you here…”
Before she could finish, Sarakie interrupted her.
“Sweet Ammy, I am hungry.”
Ihsan and Khairat Arrive
Ihsan and Khairat entered with joy and began shouting:
“Bro! You are welcome!”
Sarakie smiled and said, “Will you two never change, Khairat? Look at how big you have become. Now that I am back, I will deal with you.”
He sat at the dining table and opened a food container that attracted him most.
Inside, he saw his favorite food. Excited, he picked up a spoon and began serving himself. He did not take much because he was not someone who ate a lot.
The others sat beside him, talking endlessly while he tried to eat.
A beautiful young girl entered, carrying a rose flower. She was dressed in the uniform of the kitchen workers in Ammy’s section.
She greeted and placed what she brought down. She secretly kept glancing at Sarakie because she had been eager to see him after hearing so much praise about his return.
His head was lowered as he quietly chewed the rice tuwo with egusi soup that had been prepared.
Ihsan said, “Uncle, Sister Nabla cooks very well, right? She prepared the tuwo for you, and I can see you like it. Look at her there. She cooks very well. She is also the one who prepares our food for school.”
Ihsan was the youngest child. She had been born abroad, but Sarakie often spoke with her through video calls, so they were already close. She was three years old, but she was very talkative and clever. She was named Hauwa after Ammy’s mother, which was why they called her Ihsan.
Sarakie’s Anger at Nabla
As soon as Sarakie heard that Nabla was the one who cooked the food, he immediately spat out the morsel in his mouth.
He took water, rinsed his mouth, and spat it out repeatedly. Some of the water and food splashed toward Nabla.
He raised his head in anger and gave her a sharp look.
The water and food particles had landed on her clothes and even on her face. The flower arrangement she had done was also ruined by the dirt.
With irritation and disgust, he said, “Haba, Sweet Ammiey. Why could you not prepare even a little food for me yourself? Why did you give this dirty girl to cook for me? Haba, Sweet Ammiey. You know I dislike food cooked by house workers, especially this one. Look at her, all dirty.”
Ihsan quickly said, “No, Uncle. By Allah, she is not dirty. She is very clean. She was only working. She knows how to cook everything and…”
Sarakie cut her off.
“Will you keep quiet? If you say one more word after I speak, I will break your mouth. You know my character.”
Angrily, he left the parlor and went upstairs.
Truly, Sarakie was a man with a quick temper.
Nabla’s Pain
While he was scolding her, Nabla kept her head lowered. She wanted to say “I am sorry,” but she could not, because his presence overwhelmed her.
Still, she concluded that he was hot-tempered and did not like poor people.
But Nabla had misunderstood Sarakie badly. Sarakie did not actually hate poor people. What he had was a strong temper and a dislike for what he considered disrespect or carelessness.
Ammy noticed Nabla’s condition and felt deeply unhappy. She did not like seeing Nabla sad because Allah had placed love for the girl in her heart. She trusted Nabla greatly, especially because she had personally accepted her from her parents.
Who Is Nabla?
Nabla was the daughter of Mallam Sale.
Mallam Sale was a poor man and a teacher of Almajiri children. Though he had no money, he had contentment and a rich heart.
His wife, Rabi, sold groundnut cakes to schoolchildren. She was blind, although she had not been born blind. Her blindness came later as a result of high blood pressure, poverty, and silent emotional pain.
They had been told that if she was taken abroad to skilled eye doctors, she could regain her sight. But the process would cost about one million, including travel expenses and the treatment itself.
This troubled Nabla deeply.
That was one reason why, when she heard from their neighbor Hajara Samira, a woman who travelled to different countries to buy and sell goods such as perfumes and women’s items, that Ammy was looking for a house worker, she accepted the offer.
Hajara Samira introduced Nabla to Ammy.
Nabla began working there because of the hardship in her life and because she wanted to earn money to take her mother for eye treatment.
Ammy Comforts Nabla
In a gentle voice, Ammy said, “My daughter, be patient. Do not be angry. That is how he is, but he has a soft side. It is only misunderstanding.”
Nabla raised her head, trying to leave the parlor, and said, “It is nothing, Ammiey.”
She left.
Ihsan followed her, talking endlessly until she managed to distract Nabla a little from the pain.
As for Sarakie, he went straight into the room close to Ammy’s. After removing some of his clothes, he lay down.
Sarah and Salama Visit Mama Pullany
Salama and Sarah requested permission to enter Mama Pullany’s section. They were allowed in.
They found Mama Pullany seated while two female servants massaged her legs.
She answered their greeting and permitted them to sit.
Salama, the wazir’s wife, sat on the carpet, while Sarah sat on one of the parlor chairs.
Sarah cleared her throat and said, “Mama Pullany, Abbakar Sarakie has been back for a while now. At least five hours have passed, but he has not even shown his shadow in our section, let alone the main palace. He is still in his mother’s section. She has prevented him from meeting anyone. She wants to prove that he belongs only to her.”
Mama Pullany released a breath of annoyance.
She said, “I have already heard about that act of disrespect. He did not even come to my section. But leave him and his mother. I will deal with them.”
Sarah and Salama left the parlor happily because they had succeeded in making Mama Pullany angrier.
From there, Queen Sarah went directly to her husband’s section. She wanted to see him, but that was not possible because he was meeting some visitors.
Even he was surprised that Prince Sarakie had returned but had not come to greet him in his section.
About Abubakar Sarakie Book One Complete Hausa Novel
Abubakar Sarakie Book One Complete Hausa Novel continues with Prince Sarakie’s grand return to the palace. Though the entire kingdom celebrates him, his decision to visit Ammy first creates fresh gossip and anger among the palace women.
This part of Abubakar Sarakie Book One Complete Hausa Novel also introduces Nabla, a poor but hardworking girl whose mother needs eye treatment. Sarakie’s harsh reaction toward her begins a painful misunderstanding, while Sarah and Salama use his actions to turn Mama Pullany against him and Ammy.
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