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Muhammad Alwali II | |
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Sarkin Kano | |
Ruler of Kano | |
Reign | 1781–1807 |
Predecessor | Daud Abasama II |
Successor | Sultanate Abolished Suleimanu (as Sarkin Kano) |
Born | Gidan Rumfa, Kano |
Died | 1807 |
Burial | Burum-Burum, Kano |
House | Bagauda (Kutumbawa) |
Father | Yaji II |
Muhammad Dan Yaji, known as Muhammad Alwali II (died 1807) was the last sultan of the Sultanate of Kano. His reign coincided with a period of upheavals in Sudanic History that saw a series of religious Jihads waged by the Fula People. In 1807, after a protracted struggle with Fula clans, Muhammad Alwali was ambushed and assassinated at Burum-Burum in modern Kano. His death marked the end of the Kutumbawa line of Hausa aristocrats in Kano and the fall of the 800 year old Bagauda Dynasty.[1]