List of rulers of Kano

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This is a list of rulers of Kano since the establishment of the Bagauda Dynasty in 998. The early rulers are known almost exclusively from a single source, the Kano Chronicle,[3] which was composed in the late 19th century.[4]

Emir of Kano
19th century flag of the Kano Emirate
Incumbent
Muhammadu Sanusi II[1][2]
since 23 May 2024
Details
StyleHis Highness
First monarchSuleiman 1805–1819
Formation1807
Residence
AppointerTaran Kano (Hereditary)

Bagauda dynasty (998–1809)

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Names and dates taken from John Stewart's African States and Rulers (1989):[5]

Kings (998 – 1349)

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# Name Reign Start Reign End
1 Bagauda (or Yakano) December 999 January 1063
2 Warisis (or Warisi) January 1063 January 1095
3 Gajemasu (or Gijimasu) January 1095 November 1133
4 Nawata (joint ruler with twin brother Gawata) November 1133 October 1135
5 Gawata (joint ruler with twin brother Nawata)
6 Yusa (or Tsaraki) October 1135 December 1193
7 Naguji December 1193 May 1247
8 Gujjua (or Gugua) May 1247 January 1290
9 Shekarau I (or Shekkarau I) January 1290 July 1307
10 Tsamiya (or Tsamia; also Barandamasu) July 1307 June 1343
11 Usmanu Zamnagawa June 1343 March 1349

Sultans (1349 – 1807)

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# Name Reign Start Reign End
12 Yaji I March 1349 February 1385
13 Bugaya February 1385 December 1390
14 Kanejeji December 1390 May 1410
15 Umaru May 1410 January 1421
16 Dauda January 1421 January 1438
17 Abdullahi Burja January 1438 January 1452
18 Dakauta January 1452 (One night)
19 Atuma January 1452 February 1452
20 Yakubu February 1452 September 1463
21 Muhammad Rumfa September 1463 August 1499
22 Abdullahi August 1499 May 1509
23 Muhammad Kisoki May 1509 August 1565
24 Yakufu August 1565 1565
26 Abu Bakr Kado 1565 May 1573
27 Muhammad Shashere May 1573 January 1582
28 Muhammad Zaki January 1582 December 1618
29 Muhammad Nazaki December 1618 November 1623
30 Kutumbi November 1623 January 1648
31 Alhaji January 1648 January 1649
32 Shekkarau II January 1649 December 1651
33 Muhammad Kukuna December 1651 December 1652
34 Soyaki December 1652
Muhammad Kukuna (Restored) December 1652 September 1660
35 Bawa September 1660 1670
36 Dadi 1670 May 1703
37 Muhammad Sharefa May 1703 July 1731
38 Kumbari July 1731 February 1743
39 Alhaji Kabe February 1743 May 1753
40 Yaji II May 1753 May 1768
41 Babba Zaki May 1768 February 1776
42 Dauda Abasama II February 1776 December 1781
43 Muhammad Alwali II December 1781 March 1805

Suleiman's reign (1807–1819)

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# Name Reign Start Reign End Notes
1 Suleimanu dan Aba Hama 1807 1819 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.

Dabo dynasty (1819–present)

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# Name Reign Start Reign End Notes
2 Ibrahim Dabo dan Mahmudu 1819 1846 Shehu Ibrahim Dabo from the Fulani Sullubawa clan was a mystic and scholar. He is the eponymous founder of the Dabo dynasty as the khalifa of Emir Suleiman which has ruled Kano for over two hundred years.
3 Usman I Maje Ringim dan Dabo 1846 1855 Son of Dabo
4 Abdullahi Maje Karofi dan Dabo 1855 1883 Son of Dabo
5 Muhammadu Bello dan Dabo 1883 1893 Son of Dabo
6 Muhammadu Tukur dan Bello 1893 1894
7 Aliyu Babba dan Maje Karofi 1894 1903 Aliyu was on a visit to Sokoto in 1903 when Kano fell to the British during the Battle of Kano. Aliyu gathered his forces on a long march to retake the city but his cavalry was annihilated by the Lord Lugard at the sanguinary Battle of Kwatarkwashi. His brother Wambai Abbas was proclaimed Emir by the British and Aliyu subsequently went on a Mahdist Hijra north into the Sahara but was captured by the French and handed over to the British who exiled him to Yola and then Lokoja
8 Muhammad Abbass dan Maje Karofi 1903 1919 First Emir to reign under the Kano Emirate Council.
9 Usman II dan Maje Karofi 1919 1926
10 Abdullahi Bayero dan Abbas 1926 1953 Bayero was a scholarly-king who promoted traditional Islamic education and encouraged trade in the city-state
11 Muhammadu Sanusi I dan Bayero 1953 1963 Sanusi I was the first Emir to be dethroned by the government
12 Muhammad Inuwa dan Abbas April 1963 October 1963 Second shortest reign after Sultan Dakauta (who reigned for one night in January 1452)
13 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 Muhammadu Sanusi II dan Nadawaki Aminu 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; he is the second emir to be dethroned after his grandfather Sir Sanusi I
15 Aminu dan Ado Bayero 2020 2024
16 Muhammadu Sanusi II dan Nadawaki Aminu dan Muhammadu Sanusi I 2024 present

Lineages

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Hausa rulers

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Lineage of the Bagauda dynasty
Kings of Kano (Sarkin Kano)
BauwoKaunasu
1
Daud
Bagoda

999–1063
Saju
2
Warisi
1063–1095
Yānas
Munsada3
Gijimasu
1095–1134
Yankuma
or
Yankuna
4
Nawata
1134–1136
(co-ruler 1134)
4
Gawata
co-ruler 1134
5
Yusa
Tsaraki

1136–1194
Muntáras
or
Yankuma
GijimasuMunsada6
Naguji
1194–1247
7
Gugua
1247–1290
TsarakiAuta
Salmata8
Shekkarau I
1290–1307
Kumyerku
Maganarku9
Tsamia
Barandamasu

1307–1343
10
Osumanu
Zamnagawa

1343–1349
Sultans of Kano
11
Yaji
Ali

1349–1385
Aunaka12
Bugaya
Mohammad

1349–1385
Yatara13
Kanajeji
1347–1390
Tekidda
Auta
14
Umaru
1410–1421
15
Dauda
1421–1438
16
Abdulahi
Burja

1438–1452
Tasafi
17
Dakauta
1452
(1 day)
(deposed)
19
Yakubu
1452–1463
Fasima
Berana
18
Atuma
1452
(deposed)
20
Mohamma
Rimfa

1463–1499
Auwa
21
Abdulahi
1499–1509
Lamis25
Abubakr
Kado

1565–1573
(deposed)
Tunus22
Mohamma
Kisoki

1509–1565
Hausatu
Zuhara23
Yakufu
1565
Fasuma27
Mohamma
Zaki

1582–1618
Kursu
24
Dauda
Abasama I

1565
(exiled)
26
Mohamma
Shashere

1573–1582
(deposed)
Dada28
Mohamma
Nazaki

1618–1623
Fudima29
Kutumbi
1623–1648
Fari30
Al Haji
1648–1649
(deposed)
Goro
31
Shekkarau II
1649–1651
Fasuma32,34
Mohamma
Kukuna

1651–1652
1652–1660
(deposed twice)
Lamis
33
Soyaki
1652
(deposed)
Ka Iya Gari35
Bawa
1660–1670
Mariamma36
Dadi
1670–1703
37
Mohamma
Sharefa

1703–1731
DukiYerduna40
Mohamma
Yaji

1753–1768
Baiwa
Zama
Zenabu
38
Mohamma
Kumbari

1731–1743
41
Babba
Zaki

1768–1776
42
Dauda
Abasama II

1776–1781
43
Mohamma
Alwali

1781–1807
39
Alhaji
Kabe

1743–1753

Fulani rulers

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Tree of Emirs of Kano
Clan of
Mundubawa
Clan of
Sullubawa
Aba HamaMahmudu
1
Suleimanu
1805–1819
2
Ibrahim
Dabo

1819–1846
3
Usman I
Maje Ringim

1846–1855
4
Abdullahi
Maje Karofi

1855–1883
5
Muhammadu
Bello

1883–1893
7
Aliyu
Babba

1894–1903
8
Muhammadu
Abbass

1903–1919
9
Shehu
Usman II

1919–1926
6
Muhammadu
Tukur

1893–1894
10
Abdallahi
Bayero

1926–1953
12
Muhammadu
Inuwa

1963
11
Muhammadu
Sanusi I

1954–1963
13
Ado
Bayero

1963–2014
Aminu
Sanusi
15
Aminu
Ado Bayero

2020–2024
14
Sanusi
Muhammadu
Sanusi II

First time 2014–2020
Second time 2024-Date

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "BREAKING Sanusi Reinstated As Emir of Kano Four Years After Deposition". Punch Newspapers. Retrieved 23 May 2024.
  2. ^ ""Why I Reinstated Lamido Sanusi As Kano Emir" - Governor". Premium Times. Retrieved 23 May 2024.
  3. ^ Palmer, Herbert Richmond, ed. (1908), "The Kano Chronicle", Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, vol. 38, pp. 58–98 – via Internet Archive; in Google Books.
  4. ^ Lovejoy, Paul E. (2018). "The Kano Chronicle Revisited". In Toby Green; Benedetta Rossi (eds.). Landscapes, Sources and Intellectual Projects of the West African Past. Leiden: Brill. pp. 400–421. ISBN 9789004380189.
  5. ^ Stewart, John (1989). African States and Rulers. London: McFarland. pp. 147–148. ISBN 0-89950-390-X.