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]
Bagauda dynasty (998–1809)
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Main article: Bagauda Dynasty
Names and dates taken from John Stewart's African States and Rulers (1989):[5]
Kings (998 – 1349)
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Main article: Kingdom of Kano
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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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Main article: Sultanate of Kano
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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 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; 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
^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.
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