Sultanate of Kano

Sultanate of Kano
Massarautar Kano
Al Sultan Al Kano
1350–1805
Anthem: Busar Bagauda
Drum of Bagauda[citation needed]
CapitalDala
(1349 - ?)
Kano
(1430 -1805)
Common languagesHausa (official), Arabic
Religion
Islam, Hausa animism
GovernmentAbsolute Monarchy
(1349-1805)
Sultans 
• 1349
Ali Yaji Dan Tsamiya (first)
• 1781-1807
Muhammadu Alwali Ibn Yaji (last)
Grand Vizier 
• ???–????
Zaiti (first)[citation needed]
• 1782-1807
Muhammadu Bakatsine (last)
LegislatureShura/ Taran Kano
History 
1350
• Ascension of Queen Amina
1430
• First Interregnum
1450
• Ascension of Kisoki
1509
1805
Currencycowries, gold
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Kingdom of Kano
Kano Emirate
Today part ofNigeria (de facto)
Niger Republic

The Sultanate of Kano was a Hausa kingdom in the north of what is now Nigeria that dates back to 1349, when the king of Kano, Ali Yaji (1349–1385), dissolved the cult of Tsumbubra and proclaimed Kano a sultanate. Before 1000 AD, Kano had been ruled as an Animist Hausa Kingdom, the Kingdom of Kano. The sultanate lasted until the Fulani Jihad in 1805 and the assassination of the last sultan of Kano in 1807. The sultanate was then replaced by the Kano Emirate, subject to the Sokoto Caliphate. The capital is now the modern city of Kano in Kano State.[1]

  1. ^ Ibrahim Ado-Kurawa. "Brief History of Kano 999 to 2003". Kano State Government. Archived from the original on 10 December 2009. Retrieved 12 September 2010.