Aliyu Babba

Aliyu Babba
Aliyu Babba after his capture in 1903
Emir of Kano
Reign1894–1903
CoronationAugust 19, 1894
PredecessorMohammed Tukur
SuccessorMuhammad Abbass
Born?
Kano
Died1926
Lokoja, Northern Nigeria
Burial
HouseHouse of Dabo
FatherAbdullahi Maje Karofi

Aliyu Ibn Abdullahi-Maje Karofipronunciation was an Emir of Kano, a state in what is now Northern Nigeria. Also known as Babba and Mai Sango- The Gun User. Emerging at the end of the Basasa, his reign was marked by a series of costly wars and fortification projects that heavily militarised the erstwhile commercial Emirate. His escapades as Emir of Kano were recorded in the official historical canon of the Kano Emirate, the Tarikh Al Kano.[1] The ballad of Ali Zaki, commemorates his reign as the last Emir of Kano.

  1. ^ Palmer, Herbert Richmond (1908). "Kano Chronicle". Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland. 38: 58–98. doi:10.2307/2843130. JSTOR 2843130.