Muhammad Abbas (Emir of Kano)

Muhammad Abbas
Emir of Kano
Reign1903–1919
CoronationMay 1903
PredecessorAliyu Babba
SuccessorUsman (Dantsoho)
Regent of Kano
ReignMarch 1903 – May 1903
Born?
Kano
Died1919
Kano Palace, Northern Nigeria
HouseHouse of Dabo
FatherAbdullahi Maje Karofi

Muhammad Abbaspronunciation was a regent and later emir of Kano.[1] He was appointed regent by Lord Lugard after the pacification of Northern Nigeria, he presided over the transformation of the caliphal emirate into an emirate subject to the British throne under the Protectorate of Northern Nigeria.

Installation of emir of Kano Abbas
  1. ^ Palmer, Herbert Richmond (1908). "Kano Chronicle". Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland. 38.