Kano Emirate Council

Emirate of Kano
Northern Nigerian Emirate
Gate to the Gidan Rumfa, the Emir's palace
Flag
Emirate of Kano Map of Nigeria showing the location of Kano Emirate
Coordinates: 12°00′N 8°31′E / 12.000°N 8.517°E / 12.000; 8.517
Country	Northern Nigeria
Emirate	Kano Emirate
Legislature	Shura/Taran Kano
Founded by	British Empire
Emirate	Emirate
Government
• Emir	Interregnum Aminu Ado Bayero (disputed)
• Makama	Abdullahi Sarki Ibrahim
• Sarkin Bai	Mukhtari Adnan  †
• Sarkin Dawaki	Bello Abubakar
• Madaki	Yusuf Nabahani
Languages	Hausa (official), English (unofficial), Fula

The Kano Emirate Council is a traditional state in Northern Nigeria with headquarters in the city of Kano, the capital of the modern Kano State. Preceded by the Emirate of Kano the council was formed in 1903 after the British pacification of the Sokoto Caliphate.^[1]

Ado Bayero became the emir in 1963, reigning for 50 years until his death in 2014; he oversaw the transformation of the Emirate under Nigeria's federal constitution that subjects Northern Nigeria's Emirates to political leaders.^[2] The emir of Kano serves as the leader of the Tijaniyya sufi order in Nigeria, historically the second most important Muslim position in Nigeria after the Sultan of Sokoto who is the leader of the more populous Qadiriyya sufi order in Nigeria.^[3][4]