List of rulers of Kano

Emir of Kano
Emir of Kano
	19th century flag of the Kano Emirate
Incumbent
	Gate to the royal Gidan Rumfa
	Aminu Ado Bayero; since 9 March 2020
Details
Style	Sarki; Emir
First monarch	Bagauda 998–1063 AD (first known ruler of Kano); Yaji I 1349–1385 BC (first Sultan of Kano); Suleiman 1805–1819 (first Emir of Kano);
Formation	998
Residence	Gidan Rumfa; Gidan Makama; Filin Chiranchi
Appointer	Taran Kano (Hereditary)

This is a list of rulers of Kano since the establishment of the Bagauda Dynasty in 998. The early rulers are known almost exclusively from a single source, the Kano Chronicle,^[1] which was composed in the late 19th century.^[2]

^ 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.
^ Lovejoy, Paul E. (2018). "The Kano Chronicle Revisited". In Toby Green; Benedetta Rossi (eds.). Landscapes, Sources and Intellectual Projects of the West African Past. Leiden: Brill. pp. 400–421. ISBN 9789004380189.

[1] 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.

[Lovejoy2018-2] Lovejoy, Paul E. (2018). "The Kano Chronicle Revisited". In Toby Green; Benedetta Rossi (eds.). Landscapes, Sources and Intellectual Projects of the West African Past. Leiden: Brill. pp. 400–421. ISBN 9789004380189.

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Emir of Kano
19th century flag of the Kano Emirate
Incumbent
Gate to the royal Gidan Rumfa
Aminu Ado Bayero since 9 March 2020


Details
Style	Sarki Emir
First monarch	Bagauda 998–1063 AD (first known ruler of Kano) Yaji I 1349–1385 BC (first Sultan of Kano) Suleiman 1805–1819 (first Emir of Kano)
Formation	998
Residence	Gidan Rumfa Gidan Makama Filin Chiranchi
Appointer	Taran Kano (Hereditary)