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The Kano Emirate was a Muslim state in northern Nigeria formed in 1805 during the Fulani jihad when the Muslim Hausa-led Sultanate of Kano was deposed and replaced by a new emirate which became a vassal state of the Sokoto Caliphate. During and after the British colonial period, the powers of the emirate were steadily reduced. [1]
Shehu Suleiman dan Aba Hama from the Fulani Mundubawa clan led the Jihad of Usman dan Fodio in Kano, and overthrew the almost eight-centuries-old Bagauda dynasty. He pledged allegiance to the Sokoto Caliphate and became the first emir of the Kano Emirate. He was a wise and just king.
The Kano Emirate Council is a traditional state in Northern Nigeria with headquarters in the city of Kano, the capital of the modern Kano State. Preceded by the Emirate of Kano, the council was formed in 1903 after the British pacification of the Sokoto Caliphate. [1] The borders of the Emirate are contiguous with Kano State. [2]
On May 23, 2024, Kano State Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf abolished the Karaye Emirate and four other emirates created in 2019 by former Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje. This restored Kano State to a single emirate structure. Sanusi Lamido Sanusi II was installed as the Emir of Kano, leading the re-unified Kano Emirate. This move aimed to reinforce ...
Before 1000 AD, Kano had been ruled as an Animist Hausa Kingdom, the Kingdom of Kano. The sultanate lasted until the Fulani Jihad in 1805 and the assassination of the last sultan of Kano in 1807. The sultanate was then replaced by the Kano Emirate, subject to the Sokoto Caliphate. The capital is now the modern city of Kano in Kano State. [1]
The dynasty started with the first King of Kano, Bagauda in 999 CE and lasted until 1807 CE when the last ruler from the lineage, Muhammad Alwali II was assassinated in exile during the Fulani War. Their reign started after Bagauda migrated to Kano and conquered the indigenous pagans of Dala Hill , although the rest of Kano would not fall under ...
Mal Aminu Ado Bayero (Listen ⓘ), CFR (born 21 August 1961) is the Former Emir of Kano having served as the 15th Fulani Emir of Kano from the Fulani Sullubawa clan. [1] He ascended the throne on 9 March 2020, following the deposition of his nephew Muhammad Sanusi II by Governor Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje. [2]
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.