Makaman Kano Iliyasu
Makaman Kano Iliyasu, Kingmaker Kano Emirate Council | |
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Makaman Kano | |
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Issue | Sarkin Sumaila Dansumaila Akilu |
House | Jobawa |
Religion | Islam |
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[]
- ^ Palmer, Herbert Richmond (1908). "Kano Chronicle". Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland. 38. doi:10.2307/2843130. JSTOR 2843130.
- ^ Stilwell, Sean Arnold (2004). THE KANO MAMLUKS: ROYAL SLAVERY IN THE SOKOTO CALIPHATE, 1807- 1903. Heinemann. ISBN 0325070415.
- ^ Adamu Mohammed Fika, The Kano Civil War and British over-rule, 1882-1940, OUP, 1978, p 227
- ^ 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.
Categories:
- History of Northern Nigeria
- People from Kano
- Nigerian Sunni Muslims
- Nigerian Fula people
- Nigerian royalty