Mohammed Tukur

Muhammad Tukur
Emir of Kano
Reign1893– 19 August 1894
CoronationDecember 1893
PredecessorMuhammad Bello
SuccessorAliyu Babba
BornAfter 1853
Died16 March 1895
Gurin, Kano Emirate
Burial
Gurin, Kano Emirate
HouseHouse of Dabo
FatherMuhammad Bello
Galadima of Kano
In office
1883–1892
MonarchMuhammad Bello
Preceded byMallam Ibrahim

Muhammad Tukur (pronunciation; Arabic: محمد تقر بن محمد بل, romanizedMuḥammad Tuqur bin Muḥammad Bello; d. 1894) was Emir of Kano from 1893 until his death in 1894. Tukur presided over Kano during the Bassasa, a period of civil war that saw multiple claimants to the Kanoan throne.[1]

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