Makaman Kano Iliyasu

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Makaman Kano Iliyasu, Kingmaker Kano Emirate Council
Makaman Kano
Predecessor
Successor
IssueSarkin Sumaila Dansumaila Akilu
HouseJobawa
ReligionIslam

Makaman Kano Iliyasu a descendant of , was a Kingmaker in the Kano Emirate Council. He belonged to the Jobawa clan of the Fulani.

History[]

He was appointed as a Kingmaker of the Kano Emirate Council with the royal title of Makaman Kano by Emir of Kano Mohammed Tukur, he ascended the throne when Makaman Kano Fulailu died.[1]

Reign and death[]

Makaman Kano Iliyasu ascended the throne during the Kano Civil War.[2]He ruled over the District of Wudil, comprising Wudil, Sumaila, Takai and Garko. He died at Kamri during the Kano Civil War and was succeeded by Makaman Kano Mujeli.[3][4]

References[]

  1. ^ Palmer, Herbert Richmond (1908). "Kano Chronicle". Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland. 38. doi:10.2307/2843130. JSTOR 2843130.
  2. ^ Stilwell, Sean Arnold (2004). THE KANO MAMLUKS: ROYAL SLAVERY IN THE SOKOTO CALIPHATE, 1807- 1903. Heinemann. ISBN 0325070415.
  3. ^ Adamu Mohammed Fika, The Kano Civil War and British over-rule, 1882-1940, OUP, 1978, p 227
  4. ^ Smith, M. G. (1997). Government in Kano 1350-1950. Westview Press, a Division of Harper Collins Publishers. pp. 342–343. ISBN 0-8133-3270-2.
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