Muhammad Abbas (Emir of Kano)

Muhammad Abbaspronunciationⓘ was a regent and later emir of Kano.[1] He was appointed regent by Lord Lugard after the pacification of Northern Nigeria, he presided over the transformation of the caliphal emirate into an emirate subject to the British throne under the Protectorate of Northern Nigeria.

Installation of emir of Kano Abbas
Muhammad Abbas
Emir of Kano
Reign1903–1919
CoronationMay 1903
PredecessorAliyu Babba
SuccessorUsman (Dantsoho)
Regent of Kano
ReignMarch 1903 – May 1903
Born?
Kano
Died1919
Kano Palace, Northern Nigeria
HouseHouse of Dabo
FatherAbdullahi Maje Karofi

Early life

Little is known about the early life of Muhammad Abbas. During the Third Kanoan civil war, he was loyal to his brothers and later became the Wambai of Kano after Aliyu Babba led the Yusufawa to victory. He escorted Aliyu Babba to Sokoto for the autumn campaign of 1903, when Kano was captured by the British.[2] After the Battle of Kwatarkwashi, he led section of the Kanoan force to surrender to Lugard, for his loyalty, Lugard appointed him Regent of Kano and in May 1903 confirmed him as the emir of Kano.[2]

References
  1. Palmer, Herbert Richmond (1908). "Kano Chronicle". Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland. 38.
  2. Stilwell, Sean Arnold (2004). the Kano Mamluks: royal slavery in the Sokoto caliphate, 1807– 1903. Heinemann. ISBN 0325070415.
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