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  2. List of rulers of Kano - Wikipedia

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    Ado Bayero (San Kano) dan Abdu Bayero 1963 2014 Ado Bayero had the longest reign in the royal history of the city-state spanning over five decades. His reign started three years before the fall of the first republic and saw 14 heads of state and 17 state governors. His funeral was the largest gathering in the modern history of northern Nigeria. 14

  3. Sanusi Lamido Sanusi - Wikipedia

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    On 6 June 2014, Emir Ado Bayero who reigned as Emir of Kano for over five decades died, and a succession crisis loomed amongst the royal family. On 8 June 2014, Sanusi a grandson of former Emir Muhammadu Sanusi I ; and holder of the traditional title of Dan Majen Kano (Son of Emir-Maje) [ 48 ] emerged as the new Emir of Kano. [ 49 ]

  4. Aminu Ado Bayero - Wikipedia

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    Aminu Ado Bayero was born on August 21, 1961. His father, Ado Bayero, was the Emir of Kano from 1963 to 2014 [5] and the longest serving emir in the history of Kano. He is the second eldest son to the late emir. His siblings include his eldest brother Sanusi Ado Bayero, and Nasiru Ado Bayero, the Emir of Bichi. [6]

  5. Ado Bayero - Wikipedia

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    Bayero was the longest-serving emir in Kano's history. He was seen as one of Nigeria's most prominent and revered Muslim leaders [18] who was a successful businessman and had worked as a banker, police officer, MP and diplomat. Ado Bayero was the 13th Fulani Emir since the Fulani War of Usman dan Fodio, when the Fulani took over the Hausa city ...

  6. Kano Emirate - Wikipedia

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    1850 steel engraving of Kano. After sporadic fighting outside the walls of the fort, the British managed to penetrate the defensive parameters of the capital. Kano was mostly left defenseless at the time. The emir, Aliyu Babba, was away with its large contingent of cavalry for the autumn campaign at Sokoto. Madakin Kano, a local noble, rallied ...

  7. Aliyu Babba - Wikipedia

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    Aliyu Ibn Abdullahi-Maje Karofi pronunciation ⓘ was an Emir of Kano, a state in what is now Northern Nigeria.Also known as Babba and Mai Sango- The Gun User.Emerging at the end of the Basasa, his reign was marked by a series of costly wars and fortification projects that heavily militarised the erstwhile commercial Emirate.

  8. Muhammad Abbas (Emir of Kano) - Wikipedia

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    Muhammad Abbas pronunciation ⓘ was a regent and later emir of Kano. [1] He was appointed regent by Lord Lugard after the pacification of Northern Nigeria, he presided over the transformation of the caliphal emirate into an emirate subject to the British throne under the Protectorate of Northern Nigeria. Installation of emir of Kano Abbas

  9. Kano Emirate Council - Wikipedia

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    Emir of Kano in 2024. In May 2024, Muhammadu Sanusi II was reinstalled as Emir of Kano by the local government (now led by Abba Kabir Yusuf). The emirates of Bichi, Karaye, Gaya, and Rano were disbanded, and the original borders of the emirate (pre-2019) were re-established.