Muhammadu Alwali Ibn Yaji

Muhammadu Alwali Ibn Yaji
Sultan of Kano
List of Rulers of Kano
Reign 1781-1807
Predecessor Daud Abasama II
Successor Sultanate Abolished
Born Gidan Rumfa, Kano
Died 1807
Battle of Rano-1807, Rano
Burial Rano, Kanoan Tygia
House House of Kutumbi
Father Zaki
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Muhammad Alwali Ibn Yaji (died 1807) was the last sultan of the Sultanate of Kano. His reign coincided with a period of upheavals in Sudanic History that saw a series of religious Jihads waged by the Fula People. In 1807, after a protracted struggle with Fula clans, Muhammad Alwali was ambushed and assassinated at Rano in modern Kano. His death marked the end of the Habe line of Hausa aristocrats in Kano.[1]

Another version of the story as narrated in the book "Hausawa da Makwabansu" and a book "Sabon Asalin Tarihin Hausawa" ,with the former Published by Northern Nigeria Publishing Company and the latter written by Muhammadu Uba Adamu assures that Muhammadu Alwali was killed by the Fulani Reformers at Burum-Burum. Up till date, his grave lives under a huge Boabab tree near Burum-Burum district head's settlement.[2]

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References

  1. Ibn Salih, Muahhamad Zangi. Taqyid al-Akhbar Jama’at al-Shaykh alladhin bi-Kanu wa ma jara baynahum wa bayn al-taghut min al-hurub.
  2. Khalid, Mujahid (2015-12-18). "My Views: A Way to Burum burum". My Views. Retrieved 2016-06-29.


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