Muhammad Bello (emir)

Muhammad Bellopronunciationⓘ was an Emir of Kano who reigned from 1883 to 1892.[1][2]

Muhammad Bello
Sarkin Kano
Reign1883-1892
PredecessorAbdullahi
Names
Muhammadu Bello dan Dabo
HouseDabo Dynasty
FatherIbrahim Dabo
MotherShekkara

Biography in the Kano Chronicle

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

The 48th Sarki was Mohammed Belo, son of Ibrahim Dabo. His mother was Shekkara. He was a very generous Sarki.

He said to his friend Sarkin Fada Dan Gatuma, "You are Waziri Kano; I place in your hands the management of Kano."

The Sarkin Fada was unrivalled as a settler of disputes. Belo was like his Wazir, and Sarkin Fada was like Sarki. When Sarki Fada died, Mohammed Belo stretched out his legs because he saw that now he must become Sarki in earnest. He expelled the Galadima Ibrahim from his office and banished him to Funkui in Zaria, whence his name, "Galadima na Funkui."

Belo gave the post of Galadima to his son Tukr, and his son Zakari was made San Turaki. Another son Abubakr he made Chiroma in place of Chiroma Musa.

— Kano Chronicle

References
  1. Last, Murray (1980). "Historical Metaphors in the Kano Chronicle". History in Africa. 7: 161–178. doi:10.2307/3171660.
  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. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.


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