Emirate of Kano | |
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Northern Nigerian Emirate | |
 Gate to the Gidan Rumfa, the Emir's palace | |
 Flag | |
  Emirate of Kano Map of Nigeria showing the location of Kano Emirate | |
| Coordinates: 12°00′N 8°31′E / 12.000°N 8.517°E | |
| Country | Northern Nigeria |
| Emirate | Kano Emirate |
| Legislature | Shura/Taran Kano |
| Founded by | British Empire |
| Emirate | Emirate |
| Government | |
| • Emir | Muhammadu Sanusi II (disputed) |
| • Makama | Abdullahi Sarki Ibrahim |
| • Sarkin Bai | Mukhtari Adnan † |
| • Sarkin Dawaki | Bello Abubakar |
| • Madaki | Yusuf Nabahani |
| Languages | Hausa (official), English (unofficial), Fula |
The Kano Emirate Council is a traditional state in Northern Nigeria with headquarters in the city of Kano, the capital of the modern Kano State. Preceded by the Emirate of Kano, the council was formed in 1903 after the British pacification of the Sokoto Caliphate.[1] The borders of the Emirate are contiguous with Kano State.[2]
Ado Bayero became the emir in 1963, reigning for 50 years until his death in 2014; he oversaw the transformation of the Emirate under Nigeria's federal constitution that subjects Northern Nigeria's Emirates to political leaders.[3] The emir of Kano serves as the leader of the Tijaniyya sufi order in Nigeria, historically the second most important Muslim position in Nigeria after the Sultan of Sokoto who is the leader of the more populous Qadiriyya sufi order in Nigeria.[4][5]
- ^ "Kano". Kano Online. Retrieved 17 May 2007.
- ^ "Emir of Kano Muhammad Sanusi II: Religion & tradition meets style & colour". Africanews. 8 September 2017. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
- ^ "Nigeria road trip: Kano". BBC News. BBC. 21 December 2001. Retrieved 17 May 2007.
- ^ The Nigerian Voice: "Road to Azare" By Ajiroba Yemi Kotun 23 May 2013
- ^ All Africa: "Nigeria: Updated - Kano Blasts Claim Over 60" By Ismail Mudashir 28 November 2014