Abdullahi Bayero

Abdullahi Bayero
Taken between 1930 and 1953
10th Emir of Kano
ReignApril 1926 – 23 December 1953
Coronation14 February 1927
PredecessorMuhammadu Usman II
SuccessorMuhammadu Sanusi I
Chiroma of Kano
In office
1917 – April 1926
MonarchMuhammad Abbas
Succeeded byMuhammad Sanusi I
Waziri of Kano
In office
1903–1907
MonarchMuhammad Abbas
Succeeded byAllah Bar Sarki
Born1881
Kano, Kano Emirate,
Sokoto Caliphate
Died23 December 1953(1953-12-23) (aged 71–72)
Issue
Names
Abdullahi Bayero ɗan Muhammad Abbas
FatherMuhammad Abbas

Alhaji Abdullahi Bayero CMG CBE (pronunciation; born Abdullahi ɗan Muhammad Abbas; 1881 – 23 December 1953) was Emir of Kano from 1926 until his death in 1953.[1] Under the British colonial system of indirect rule, he oversaw the administring of the Kano Province of the Northern Region of Colonial Nigeria.

  1. ^ "Traditional States of Nigeria". World Statesmen. Archived from the original on 26 September 2010. Retrieved 2010-09-12.