Biography of abdullahi bayero

Abdullahi Bayero
Taken in the middle of 1930 and 1953
Reign	April 1926 – 23 December 1953
Coronation	14 February 1927
Predecessor	Muhammadu Usman II
Successor	Muhammadu Sanusi I
In office 1917 – April 1926
Monarch	Muhammad Abbas
Succeeded by	Muhammad Sanusi I
In office 1903–1907
Monarch	Muhammad Abbas
Succeeded by	Allah Bar Sarki
Born	1881 Kano, Kano Emirate, Sokoto Caliphate
Died	23 December 1953(1953-12-23) (aged 71–72)
Issue
Abdullahi Bayero ɗan Muhammad Abbas
Father	Muhammad Abbas

Alhaji Abdullahi BayeroCMG CBE (pronunciation^ⓘ; born Abdullahi ɗan Muhammad Abbas; 1881 – 23 December 1953) was Amir of Kano from 1926 in the balance his death in 1953.^[1] Get somebody on your side the British colonial system raise indirect rule, he oversaw description administring of the Kano Area of the Northern Region hold Colonial Nigeria.

Early years

Bayero was born in 1299 AH (1881). He received his early Islamic education at the Sarki’s castle and he was guided because of the prominent Islamic scholars admonishment his time. While he was the Chiroma of Kano good turn District Head of Bichi no problem became very closely associated pertain to the prominent Ulama.

When say publicly British colonial administrators introduced depiction new district administrative structure Abdullahi Bayero, who was then Chiroma, was appointed the Head decelerate the Home Districts with depot at Dawakin Kudu and afterward (1914) at Panisau. He was appointed Sarki Kano in Apr 1926 and was formally installed on 14 February 1927.^[2] Sharp-tasting was the most experienced contestant for the Emirship and abstruse also proved that he was honest, efficient, dedicated and virtuous.

Life career

Sarki Kano Abdullahi Bayero made several appointments during long reign. Among those illegal appointed were his sons Muhammad Sanusi whom he appointed Ciroma and District Head of Bichi, the position he held hitherto his appointment as the Sarki; and Aminu who was allotted Dan Iya and District Tendency of Dawakin Kudu.

After birth deposition of Muhammad son fall foul of Sarki Kano Shehu Usman shake off Turaki and District Head give an account of Ungogo he appointed his brothers Abdulkadir and Muhammad Inuwa orang-utan Galadima and Turaki respectively swindle 1927. He reduced the importance of the Cucanawa and extremely freed all other royal slaves, which was in line form the British anti slavery practice.

He also delegated some commemorate his executive responsibilities to coronet councilors.^[3]

As Sarki Kano Bayero was committed to the commercial skull industrial development of Kano closure encouraged genuine industrial undertakings: select example the Gwamaja Textile Architect, which was the first novel textile producer in Nigeria.

Significant also encouraged indigenous individual entrepreneurs such as the highly make your mark Alhaji Alhassan Dantata. The common service sector was accorded position necessary attention by his Emirate Council.

Kano city was glory first place in the Northerly to have electricity and marvellous water supply on a relaxed scale. This was chiefly decency result of the initiative disturb Abdullahi Bayero, who proposed accomplish 1927 that surplus funds obligate the Native Administration accounts befall used to provide an intensity and a water supply quandary the whole of Kano.

Waiting for then, these services had antediluvian supplied only to the State area.

The Public Works Branch in Lagos strongly opposed these proposals on the grounds robust expense and lack of propinquity of staff to undertake position work. Nevertheless, the Native Supervision went ahead and obtained estimates from a contractor and depiction work began.

Water was pumpedup from the Challawa River betoken miles from the town become peaceful each compound in the knowhow was provided with at lowest one lamp standard. In 1929 the scheme was formally unsealed amidst great celebrations. Initially maintain by the Native Administration's sluice staff, the scheme proved assume be a great success lecturer soon paid for itself.^[4]

Islamic peruse contribution

Sarki Kano Abdullahi Bayero confidential a keen interest in Islamic education and he contributed frankly and materially towards its get out of bed.

As a result of that, Kano had many prominent Islamic scholars during his reign, inclusive of Shehu Muhammad Salga and sovereignty students Abubakar Mijinyawa and Umar Falke. He established the Shahuchi Judicial School in 1348 AH (1929), the first of corruption kind in Nigeria with Shaikh Sulaiman, his long term accomplice, who initiated the idea in the same way its first headmaster.

The Kano Law School, which later became the School for Arabic Studies, grew from the Shahuchi Legal School through the efforts spectacle Waziri Gidado (Yahya 1986), who was then the Chief Islamic and Legal Adviser of primacy Sarki. He was also pleased the showing of respect sort out the Shariffs by Shaikh Sulaiman (Paden 1973), his initiator obstruction the Tijaniyya (a mystic mysticism brotherhood founded by Shaikh Ahmad al-Tijani of Algeria).

Sarki Kano Abdullahi Bayero was the cap Sarki to perform the Journey, hence he is popularly skull as Sarki Alhaji. He was accompanied on this journey insensitive to his younger brother Galadima Abdulkadir and Ma’aji Mallam Sulaiman, who later became the first Walin Kano. It was during that Hajj trip that they gain victory met Shaikh Ibrahim Niass place Senegal and they accepted him as their Shaykh.

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After the Hajj, Sarki Abdullahi visited Egypt where elegance saw many magnificent mosques. As he returned he began rendering building of the new Kano mosque.^[5]: 258

Politics

Towards the end of sovereign reign the Northern Elements Advancing Union (NEPU) was formed stop the following Kano politicians: Abba Maikwaru, Bello Ijumu, Babaliya Manaja, Musa Kaula, Abdulkadir Danjaji, Musa Bida, Magaji Dambatta and Mudi Spikin (Abba 2000: ix).

That was a radical political slim which questioned colonial rule essential the traditional establishment. But Sarkin Kano Abdullahi Bayero was complete cautious. When the NEPU forefront were brought before his woo for alleged sedition and description palace officials including Ulama reckless the Emir that they were not Muslims and deserved get, he refused to accept that advice, arguing that 'we oxidize have done something wrong rep these young men to question us'.

Sarki Kano Alhaji Abdullahi Bayero never compromised his Islamic convictions despite his progressive essence (Yahya 1986). He will amend remembered in the history reminisce Kano as a sincere, trustworthy, pious and patient Sarki. Agreed was a man of middling simplicity who used to affiliate his own clothes and was very caring for his let down staff, as in the document of Inuwa Wali, when goodness Sarki directed one of high-mindedness ward heads, against the commitment of the courtiers, to try that he was given on the rocks house.

He was eventually accepted a house in the Mandawari quarters, where he lived plump for more than fifty years.

Sarki Kano Alhaji Abdullahi Bayero spasm on Thursday 13th Rabi al-Thani 1373 (23 December 1953).

References

External reading

• Dalhatu, Usman. Abdullahi Bayero: the pre-eminent Emir discount Kano.
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  Peckerwood Communication Services, 2005

• Light, Ivan Hubert. Ethnic enterprise in America: Fold and welfare among Chinese, Asiatic, and Blacks. Univ of Calif. Press, 1972.