Muhammad Alwali II

Muhammad Alwali II
Sarkin Kano
Ruler of Kano
Reign1781–1807
PredecessorDaud Abasama II
SuccessorSultanate Abolished
Suleimanu (as Sarkin Kano)
BornGidan Rumfa, Kano
Died1807
Burial
Burum-Burum, Kano
HouseBagauda (Kutumbawa)
FatherYaji 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]

  1. ^ Ibn Salih, Muahhamad Zangi. Taqyid al-Akhbar Jama'at al-Shaykh alladhin bi-Kanu wa ma jara baynahum wa bayn al-taghut min al-hurub.