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  2. 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]

  3. 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 ...

  4. Kano Emirate - Wikipedia

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    The death of the vizier and subsequent capture and exile to Lokoja of Emir Aliyu Babba spelled the formative end of the Kano Emirate. [1] The British made Kano an important administrative centre and kept most of the emirate's institutions in the form of the Kano Emirate Council , subject to the British crown in a newly formed state called ...

  5. 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 ]

  6. File:Abdullahi Bayero, Emir of Kano.jpg - Wikipedia

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    English: Alhaji Abdullahi Bayero, C.B.E., Emir of Kano. The Emir wears a cloak, embroidered gown, wide trousers, and snowy turban, while on his feet are ostrich-feather slippers. He holds his silver-headed staff of office as a First Class Chief of Nigeria.

  7. 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

  8. 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.

  9. Gidan Rumfa - Wikipedia

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    The Gidan Rumfa, sometimes called the Gidan Sarki ("Emir's house"), [1] is the palace of the Emir of Kano.Located in the city of Kano, Kano State, Nigeria, it was originally constructed in the late 15th century, with later transformations and additions made up to the 20th century.