Kano Emirate
Kano Emirate Masarautar Kano الدولة الإمارة آل كانو | |||||||
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| Motto: Jalla Babbar Hausa | |||||||
| Anthem: Busar Bagauda Drum of Bagauda | |||||||
Gate to the Gidan Rumfa, the Emir's palace | |||||||
| Status | Vassal of the Sokoto Caliphate (1807–1903) Currently non-sovereign monarchy within Nigeria | ||||||
| Capital | Kano | ||||||
| Common languages | Arabic (official), Hausa, Fulfulde | ||||||
| Religion | Sunni Islam (Official) Bori | ||||||
| Government | Sarauta-Emirate | ||||||
| Emir of Kano | |||||||
• 1807–1819 | Suleman Abu Hama (first) | ||||||
• 1889–1903 | Aliyu Babba (last sovereign) | ||||||
• 2024–present | Muhammad Sanusi II | ||||||
| Legislature | Kano Emirate Council | ||||||
| Establishment | |||||||
• Vassal of the Sokoto Caliphate | 1807 | ||||||
• Native Authority under British colonial rule | 1903 | ||||||
• Native Authority within the Nigerian First Republic | 1960 | ||||||
• Non-sovereign monarchy in Nigeria | 1966 | ||||||
| Currency | Dirham, Salt, Gold | ||||||
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| Today part of | Kano State, Nigeria | ||||||
| History of Northern Nigeria |
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The Kano Emirate was a Muslim state in northern Nigeria formed in 1805 during the Fulani jihad when the Muslim Hausa-led Sultanate of Kano was deposed and replaced by a new emirate which became a vassal state of the Sokoto Caliphate. During and after the British colonial period, the powers of the emirate were steadily reduced. The emirate is preserved and integrated into modern Nigeria as the Kano Emirate Council.