Sultanate of Kano Massarautar Kano Al Sultan Al Kano | |||||||||
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| 1350–1805 | |||||||||
| Anthem: Busar Bagauda Drum of Bagauda[citation needed] | |||||||||
| Capital | Dala (1349 - ?) Kano (1430 -1805) | ||||||||
| Common languages | Hausa (official), Arabic | ||||||||
| Religion | Islam, Hausa animism | ||||||||
| Government | Absolute Monarchy (1349-1805) | ||||||||
| Sultans | |||||||||
• 1349 | Ali Yaji Dan Tsamiya (first) | ||||||||
• 1781-1807 | Muhammadu Alwali Ibn Yaji (last) | ||||||||
| Grand Vizier | |||||||||
• ???–???? | Zaiti (first)[citation needed] | ||||||||
• 1782-1807 | Muhammadu Bakatsine (last) | ||||||||
| Legislature | Shura/ Taran Kano | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
| 1350 | |||||||||
• Ascension of Queen Amina | 1430 | ||||||||
• First Interregnum | 1450 | ||||||||
• Ascension of Kisoki | 1509 | ||||||||
| 1805 | |||||||||
| Currency | cowries, gold | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Nigeria (de facto) Niger Republic | ||||||||
| History of Northern Nigeria |
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The Sultanate of Kano was a Hausa kingdom in the north of what is now Nigeria that dates back to 1349, when the king of Kano, Ali Yaji (1349–1385), dissolved the cult of Tsumbubra and proclaimed Kano a sultanate. 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]
- ^ Ibrahim Ado-Kurawa. "Brief History of Kano 999 to 2003". Kano State Government. Archived from the original on 10 December 2009. Retrieved 12 September 2010.