Naaba Oubri (Wubri) is the founder of the kingdom of Ouagadougou, the paramount Mossi state, and of the dynasty of the Mogho Naaba that continues to the present day. Son of Naaba Zoungrana of Tenkodogo and, in most versions, of a woman of the autochthonous Ninisi, he led the Mossi horsemen into the Kombemtenga region, subdued the Ninisi, and gave the country the name from which Ouagadougou (Wogodogo) derives. Court custom recorded by Dim Delobsom and later ethnographers requires that every Mogho Naaba be a descendant of Oubri, and he stands at the head of the royal ancestors honored in the annual ceremonies of the Ouagadougou court. His figure marks the point where legendary genealogy passes into the historical king-lists of the Mossi states.