Muhammad Tukur (; ; d. 1894) was
Emir of Kano
The Kano Emirate was a Muslim state in northern Nigeria formed in 1805 during the Fulani jihad when the Muslim Hausa-led Sultanate of Kano was deposed and replaced by a new emirate which became a vassal state of the Sokoto Caliphate. During an ...
from 1893 until his death in 1894. Tukur presided over Kano during the Bassasa, a period of civil war that saw multiple claimants to the Kanoan throne.
Early life
Tukur was appointed
Galadima of Kano during the reign of his father,
Mohammed Bello. During the Autumn expedition of 1890, Tukur's forces routed a rebellious
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* Kebbi State
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column at
Arugungu and apparently in the process saved the life of the then
Caliph of Sokoto,
Abdurrahman (Danyen Kasko).
In 1893, shortly after the death of Emir Muhammad Bello, Abdurrahman appointed Tukur the new
Emir of Kano
The Kano Emirate was a Muslim state in northern Nigeria formed in 1805 during the Fulani jihad when the Muslim Hausa-led Sultanate of Kano was deposed and replaced by a new emirate which became a vassal state of the Sokoto Caliphate. During an ...
. Almost immediately, a faction of the
House of Dabo under Yusuf bin
Abdullahi Maje Karofi
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Biography in the ''Kano Chronicle''
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rebelled and left Kano for
Takai
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It has an area of 598 km and a population of 202,743 at the 2006 census.
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.
Basasa
At the outbreak of the Basasa a majority of the Kanoan Court were loyal to Tukur, The Madaki, Ibrahim Mallam; Makaman Kano Iliyasu; Sarkin Bai, Bashari Alhaji; Alkali, Modibo Salihu; Sarkin Gaya, Ibrahim Dabo and Sarkin Fulanin Dambatta were his most ardent supporters.
The Chiroma of Kano, Turaki Zaki and the Sarkin Fulanin Dambatta were the first to engage the rebels at Gano then Gogel and Garko. Although they succeeded at killing yusuf at the battle of Gaya, their overall efforts to stem the rebellion proved futile and in August 1894, the rebels under the command of
Aliyu Mai Sango (Their newly proclaimed Emir) captured the fort of Kano.
Exile and death
On the Fall of Kano Tukur transferred his court to Kamri.
however continued to pursue the Tukurawa, on 16 March 1895, at an encounter at Guri, Tukur was assassinated by Barde Abdu Nagwangwazo. He was reportedly buried there.
References
External links
Kano Online
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19th-century monarchs in Africa
Emirs of Kano
19th-century Nigerian people
Year of birth unknown
1894 deaths