Kano Emirate Council
The Kano Emirate is a traditional state in Northern Nigeria with headquarters in the city of Kano, 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. 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. On 8 June 2014, former Nigerian central banker Sanusi Lamido Sanusi was sele
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Kano Emirate Council
The Kano Emirate is a traditional state in Northern Nigeria with headquarters in the city of Kano, 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. 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. On 8 June 2014, former Nigerian central banker Sanusi Lamido Sanusi was sele
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The Kano Emirate is a traditio ...... ucceed Bayero as Emir of Kano.
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Emir
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Madaki
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Makama
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Sarkin Bai
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Sarkin Dawaki
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Gate to the Gidan Rumfa, the Emir's palace
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Abdullahi Sarki Ibrahim
Bello Abubakar
Muhammad Sunusi II
Mukhtari Adnan
Yusuf Nabahani
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Map of Nigeria showing the location of Kano Emirate
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Northern Nigerian Emirate
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The Kano Emirate is a traditio ...... Sanusi Lamido Sanusi was sele
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Kano Emirate Council
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