Muhammad Rumfa is considered by historians to be Kano's greatest ruler due to the reforms executed during his reign. The lineage of Muhammad Rumfa and...
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students from far and wide, and later served as a kind of university. Muhammad Rumfa was the Sultan of the Sultanate of Kano, located in modern-day Kano...
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Sultans of the Bagauda Dynasty through his daughter Awah married to Muhammad Rumfa Sultan of Kano during the conquest of the Hausa Kingdoms by the Songhai...
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that saw Kano becoming the capital of a pseudo Habe Empire. In 1463, Muhammad Rumfa (reigned 1463–1499) ascended the throne. During his reign, political...
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date unknown Rennyo, leader of the Ikko sect of Buddhism (b. 1415) Muhammad Rumfa, ruler of Kano Laura Cereta, Italian humanist and feminist (b. 1469)...
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Henry VI of England to mediate a peace between England and Scotland. Muhammad Rumfa starts to rule in Kano. Corpus Hermeticum is translated into Latin,...
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Government College Kano, and is now named Rumfa College, Kano. The name Rumfa came from the name of Muhammad Rumfa. Rumfa College, once one of the largest boarding...
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1063. Muhammad Rumfa ascended to the throne in 1463 and reigned until 1499. During his reign he reformed the city, expanded the Sahelian Gidan Rumfa (Emir's...
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and was built for Muhammad Rumfa in the 15th-century. It was made of mud, and was of the soro, or tower, variety. Prior to Rumfa's reign and conversion...
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city of the Songhai Empire. Al-Maghili was welcomed to the court of Muhammad Rumfa, where he devised ideas on the structure of a government, qualities...
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part of the state administration. Muhammad Rumfa (1463–99) built mosques and madrassahs. He also commissioned Muhammad al-Maghili to write a treatise on...
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market in the city of Kano, Kano State, Nigeria. It was founded by Muhammad Rumfa, a King of Kano, in the 15th century. As of 2003, Sale Ayagi was chairman...
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notable Hausa people. Daurama Faruk Umar Faruk Queen Amina Awwal Ibrahim Muhammad Rumfa Yunfa Queen Sarraounia Ado Bayero Sanusi Lamido Sanusi Aminu Ado Bayero...
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(1452) Atuma, Sultan (1452) Yaquled (1452–1463) Muhammad Rumfa, Sultan (1463–1499) Abdullahi dan Rumfa, Sultan (1499–1509) Kingdom of Nri (complete list)...
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Askya (15th–16th centuries): Daughter of Emperor Askia Muhammad I, wife of Sultan Muhammad Rumfa of the Sultanate of Kano, Queen of Kano, initiator of...
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written poem produced in Nigeria. Muhammad al-Maghili wrote On The Obligations of Princes in Kano for Muhammad Rumfa in the 15th century. Al-Maghili was...
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February 1452 September 1463 21 Muhammad Rumfa September 1463 August 1499 22 Abdullahi August 1499 May 1509 23 Muhammad Kisoki May 1509 August 1565 24...
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Za(gha)iti to Kano and introduced Islam in Yaji's time (1349–1385) or under Muhammad Rumfa (AH 867–904, 1463–99), after having left Mali in 835 AH (1433 AD). The...
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pg. 39, Archetype Zeitlin, I. M. (April 25, 2013). "3". The Historical Muhammad. John Wiley and Sons. ISBN 978-0745654881. National Geographic Society...
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date unknown Rennyo, leader of the Ikko sect of Buddhism (b. 1415) Muhammad Rumfa, ruler of Kano Laura Cereta, Italian humanist and feminist (b. 1469)...
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century for Muhammad Rumfa then the young grandchild of the Hausa monarch who had just been appointed Makama Kano, a traditional title. Rumfa later became...
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] Muhammad al-Maghili was a Berber from North Africa born in what is now Algeria. He wrote On The Obligations of Princes in Kano for Muhammad Rumfa in...
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Sarkin Shirra. He is the father of Sultan Yakubu, who was the father of Muhammad Rumfa. The death of Abdullahi Burja in 1452 saw a short period of instability...
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was just outside the palace. He then proceeded to Kano Middle School (now Rumfa College, Kano) in 1949, before attending the famous Government College (now...
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Henry VI of England to mediate a peace between England and Scotland. Muhammad Rumfa starts to rule in Kano. Corpus Hermeticum is translated into Latin,...
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1953 to 1956. For his secondary education, he went to Kano High School in Rumfa College, graduating in 1961. Sani II studied at the Institute of Administration...
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trade routes a few decades earlier in the time of Abdullahi Burja, Muhammad Rumfa and his descendants were able to propel the State to the peak of its...
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capital of the Sultanate of Kano.[citation needed] 1463 - Muhammad Rumfa in power. 1480 - Gidan Rumfa (palace) built (approximate date). 1807 - Sokoto jihad...
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Abdullahi dan Rumfa, Sultan (1499–1509) Muhammad Kisoki, Sultan (1509–1565) Yakubu, Sultan (1565) Abu-Bakr Kado, Sultan (1565–1573) Muhammad Shashere, Sultan...
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Atafi, Dubantu, Gagulmari, Kasuwar Ƙofa, Kasuwar Kuda, Matsaro, Majema, Rumfa, Sabon Garu, Ƴankoli and Yayari. Inhabitants are dominantly Hausa, Fulani...
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