Kano Emirate Council
The Kano Emirate Council is a traditional state in Northern Nigeria with headquarters in the city of Kano, the capital of the modern Kano State. Preceded by the Emirate of Kano the council was formed in 1903 after the British pacification of the Sokoto Caliphate.
Emirate of Kano | |
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Northern Nigerian Emirate | |
Gate to the Gidan Rumfa, the Emir's palace | |
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Emirate of Kano Map of Nigeria showing the location of Kano Emirate | |
| Coordinates: 12°00′N 8°31′E | |
| Country | Northern Nigeria |
| Emirate | Kano Emirate |
| Legislature | Shura/Taran Kano |
| Founded by | British Empire |
| Emirate | Emirate |
| Government | |
| • Emir | Interregnum Aminu Ado Bayero (disputed) |
| • Makama | Abdullahi Sarki Ibrahim |
| • Sarkin Bai | Mukhtari Adnan † |
| • Sarkin Dawaki | Bello Abubakar |
| • Madaki | Yusuf Nabahani |
| Languages | Hausa (official), English (unofficial), Fula |
Ado Bayero became the emir in 1963, reigning for 50 years until his death in 2014; he oversaw the transformation of the Emirate under Nigeria's federal constitution that subjects Northern Nigeria's Emirates to political leaders. The emir of Kano serves as the leader of the Tijaniyya sufi order in Nigeria, historically the second most important Muslim position in Nigeria after the Sultan of Sokoto who is the leader of the more populous Qadiriyya sufi order in Nigeria.
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