Sultanate of Kano
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.
Sultanate of Kano Massarautar Kano Al Sultan Al Kano | |||||||||
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| 1350–1805 | |||||||||
| Anthem: Busar Bagauda Drum of Bagauda | |||||||||
| 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) | ||||||||
• 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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