Sultanate of Kano

This article is about the specific polity Sultanate of Kano and therefore only includes events related to its territory and not to its possessions or colonies. If you are interested in the possession, this is the link to the article about the nation which includes all possessions as well as all the different incarnations of the nation.

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Kano was a precolonial polity located in northern Nigeria. In the 1350s, after conquering Rano and Santolo, the King made Islam the state religion. Kano from then on became an Islamic sultanate.

Establishment

January 1351: In the 1350s, after conquering Rano and Santolo, Ali Yaji made Islam the state religion and proclaimed Kano an Islamic sultanate.

Chronology

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Disestablishment

January 1808: The Sultanate lasted until the Fulani jihad in 1805 and the assassination of the Last Sultan of Kano in 1807. The Sultanate was then replaced by the Kano Emirate, subject to the Sokoto Caliphate.