Kano Emirate

Kano Emirate Masarautar Kano الدولة الإمارات آل كانو
1807–1903
Flag
Motto: Jalla Babbar Hausa
Anthem: Busar Bagauda Drum of Bagauda
Gate to the Gidan Rumfa, the Emir's palace
Status	Vassal of the Sokoto Caliphate
Capital	Kano (1807–1880) Takai (1880–1889)
Common languages	Arabic (official), Fulfulde, Hausa
Religion	Sunni/Sufism Islam (Official), Bori (Hausa animism)
Sarkin Kano
• 1807–1889	Suleman Abu Hama (first)
• 1889–1903	Aliyu Babba (last)
Legislature	Tara ta Kano, Shura
History
• Established	1807
• End (Battle of Kwatarkwashi)	15 Feb 1903
Currency	Dirham, Salt, Gold
Today part of	Nigeria

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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] The emirate is preserved and integrated into modern Nigeria as the Kano Emirate Council.