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Dakauta

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Dakauta
Sarkin Kano
Reign1452
PredecessorAbdullahi Burja
SuccessorAtuma
HouseBagauda Dynasty
FatherAbdullahi Burja

Dakauta was a Sultan of Kano who reigned for only one day in 1452.[1][2]

Biography in the Kano Chronicle

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Below is a biography of Dakauta from Palmer's 1908 English translation of the Kano Chronicle.[2]

The 17th Sarki was Dakauta. He was dumb. The people said, “If he becomes Sarki he will be able to speak.”

When he had been made Sarki, and after one night did not speak, they turned him out again.

References

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  1. ^ Last, Murray (1980). "Historical Metaphors in the Kano Chronicle". History in Africa. 7: 161–178. doi:10.2307/3171660.
  2. ^ a b Palmer, Herbert Richmond, ed. (1908), "The Kano Chronicle", Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, vol. 38, pp. 58–98 – via Internet Archive; in Google Books. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
Preceded by Sarkin Kano
1452
Succeeded by