Mustapha was a wealthy Emir residing in the then Sokoto Caliphate, ruling over the Hausa people in what is known today as the nation-state Nigeria.

Mustapha was a strong king who aided his allies and was a terror to his enemies. Yet he was kind and would often spare an old enemy who surrendered and bent the knee, restoring him to his position with the only difference being that he was a vassal to the Emir. Not just the leader, but his men, wife, children and all they had would be spared. Such consideration for the preciousness of human life made him a lot of friends and loyal followers. One particular king, an archenemy was besieged and almost slaughtered.

Seeing that they were ready to go to the grave with him and not wishing it so, he fell to his knees before the victorious Emir and pleaded for the life of his men. Their only crime was loyalty to their king. The Emir set his sword aside then and raised the pleading King to his feet. Not only did he spare the king's fighting men, he spared the king too and offered him a position as an officer in his vast army in addition to keeping his kingdom as King. The King accepted with joy and presented the Emir with a strange and marvellous gift. A guava tree that bore golden fruit.

Soon the tree grew stout and strong and began to annually produce it's golden and precious fruit. Then a decade later, something strange began to happen...

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