List of rulers of Kano
The following is a list of rulers of Kano, a city and emirate in northern Nigeria. Once the Hausa Kingdom of Kano, it was conquered by Fulani Usman dan Fodio in 1805, who installed a Fulani Emir of Kano in place of the old kings.
Hausa Rulers
Kings of The Kingdom of Kano
- Bagauda (ruled 999-1063)
- Warisi (ruled 1063-1095)
- Gijimasu (ruled 1095-1134)
- Nawata (ruled 1134-1136)
- Yusa (ruled 1136-1194)
- Naguji (ruled 1194-1247)
- Guguwa (ruled 1247-1290)
- Shekarau (ruled 1290-1307)
- Tsamiya (ruled 1307-1343)
- Usman Zamnagawa (ruled 1343-1349)
- Yaji I (ruled 1349-1385)
Sultans of Kano, Kano Sultanate
- Yaji I (ruled 1349-1385)
- Bugaya (ruled 1385-1390)
- Muhammad Sunusi Rijiyar Za (ruled 1390-1410)
- Umaru (ruled 1410-1421)
- Daud (ruled 1421-1438)
- Abdullah Burja (ruled 1438-1452)
- Dakauta (ruled 1452)
- Atuma (ruled 1452)
- Yaquled (1452-1463)
- Muhammad Rumfa (ruled 1463-1499)
- Abdullah (ruled 1499-1509)
Kanoan Empire
- Muhammad Kisoki (ruled 1509-1565)
- Yakufu (ruled 1565)
- Muhammad Sunusi Muhammad Rijiyar zaki I (ruled 1565)
- Abu-Bakr Kado (ruled 1565-1573)
- Muhammad Shashere (ruled 1573-1582)
- Muhammad Zaki (ruled 1582-1618)
- Muhammad Nazaki (ruled 1618-1623)
Kano Sultanate
House of Kutumbi
- Kutumbi (ruled 1623-1648)
- al-Hajj (ruled 1648-1649)
- Shekarau (emir) (ruled 1649-1651)
- Muhammad Kukuna (ruled 1651-1652)
- Soyaki (ruled 1652)
- Muhammad Kukuna (restored) (ruled 1652-1660)
- Bawa (ruled 1660-1670)
- Dadi (ruled 1670-1703)
- Muhammad Sharif (ruled 1703-1731)
- Kumbari (ruled 1731-1743)
- al-Hajj Kabe (ruled 1743-1753)
- Yaji II (ruled 1753-1768)
- Baba Zaki (ruled 1768-1776)
- Daud Abasama II (ruled 1776-1781)
- Muhammad al-Walid (ruled 1781-1805)
Fulani Rulers
Emirs of Kano
Kano Emirate, Sokoto Caliphate
Clan of Dambazau
- Suleiman (emir) (ruled 1805-1819)
Clan of Sullubawa
- Ibrahim (ruled 1819-1846)
- Usman I (ruled 1846-1855)
- Abdullah (ruled 1855-1883)
- Mohammad Bello (ruled 1883-1893)
- Mohammad Tukur (ruled 1893-1894)
- Aliyu Babba (ruled 1894-1903)
Emirs of Kano, Kano Province- Protectorate of Northern Nigeria
- Muhammad Abbass (ruled 1903-1919)
Emirs of Kano, Protectorate of Nigeria
- Usman II (ruled 1919-1926)
- Abdullahi Bayero (ruled 1926-1953)
Emirs of Kano, Kano Province- Government of Northern Nigeria
- Abdullahi Bayero (ruled 1926-1953)
- Muhammadu Sanusi (ruled 1954-1963)
- Muhammad Inuwa (ruled 1963 - he served for 3 months only)
- Ado Bayero (ruled 1963-1967)
- Ado Bayero (ruled 1967-2014)