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Muhammadu Sanusi II, CON (Ajami: محمد السنوسي, Muhammadu Sanusi na biyu (Listen ⓘ); born 31 July 1961), [1] known by the religious title Khalifa Sanusi II (Ajami: خليفة السنوسي), is the spiritual leader of the Tijanniyah Sufi order in Nigeria and the emir of the ancient city-state of Kano. [2]
Sanusi was replaced as emir by Aminu Ado Bayero. [9] 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.
Muhammadu Sanusi II dan ciroma Aminu Sanusi Bayero dan Muhammadu Sanusi I 2014 2020 Sanusi II was the first Sullubawa prince since the 19th century founding of the Dabo dynasty to become emir not through royal primogenitureship. His six-year reign marks also the first to usher in a dynastic generational-shift away from the old regime of 1903 ...
Alhaji Sir Muhammadu Sanusi I KBE (pronunciation ⓘ) was the Acting Governor of Northern Nigeria (1957) and Emir of Kano from 1954 to 1963. He was the eldest son of Emir Abdullahi Bayero. He was a powerful Emir that had substantial influence in the colonial Northern Nigeria. He hosted a grand durbar festival for Elizabeth II when she visited ...
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] His father's grandnephew, Muhammadu Sanusi II succeeded his father as Emir of Kano from 2014 until 2020 when he was dethroned by the Kano State government. [7]
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 ...
On 8 June 2014, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi a grandson of former Emir Muhammadu Sanusi I emerged as the new Emir of Kano. [38] His accession led to widespread protests from supporters of Sanusi Ado Bayero the Chiroman Kano (Crown Prince) and son of the late Emir Ado Bayero, [ 39 ] with allegations that Governor Rabiu Kwankwaso interfered with the king ...
Alhaji Muhammadu Sanusi II, the 14th and 16th Emir of Kano. Prince Jaja Wachuku, the Ugo of Ngwaland. Chief Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti, an Oloye of the Western House of Chiefs. Chief Agbani Darego, an Oloye of Lagos. Nigerian pre-colonial states tended to be organized as city-states.