Abdullahi Dan Kanajeji, known as Abdullahi Burja, was the sixteenth ruler of Kano. Through forging of powerful alliances and the creation of trade routes, Burja shifted the identity of the Kano Sultanate towards trade and commerce, what Kano and its people are known for today.[1] He was the first Hausa King to pay tribute to Bornu which secured an agreement to open trade routes from Gwanja to Bornu. He was also the first King to own camels in Hausaland.[2] By the end of the 15th Century, Kano emerged as one of the most vibrant trading centers in the Sahel. Through trade, the Hausa language and culture was spread throughout the region.[3]
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^Palmer, H. R. (1908). "The Kano Chronicle". The Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland. 38: 58–98. doi:10.2307/2843130. ISSN 0307-3114. JSTOR 2843130.
Abdullahi Dan Kanajeji, known as AbdullahiBurja, was the sixteenth ruler of Kano. Through forging of powerful alliances and the creation of trade routes...
Berana (a Kanuri name). However, some sources list Rumfa, Yakubu, and AbdullahiBurja as paternal half brothers and others list Yakubu as the first of the...
mentions its defeat by the Kano ruler AbdullahiBurja around the years 1438–1452. After this defeat, AbdullahiBurja married a daughter of the Sarkin Dutse...
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With the opening of trade routes a few decades earlier in the time of AbdullahiBurja, Muhammad Rumfa and his descendants were able to propel the State to...
suzerainty that had been established decades earlier in the reign of AbdullahiBurja. He solidified his power in Kano by strategically promoting his kinsmen...
The three subsequent rulers of Kano were his sons, Umaru, Dauda, and AbdullahiBurja. Below is a full biography of Kanajeji from Palmer's 1908 English translation...
Abdullah Burja, Sultan (1438–1452) Dakauta, Sultan (1452) Atuma, Sultan (1452) Yaquled (1452–1463) Muhammad Rumfa, Sultan (1463–1499) Abdullahi dan Rumfa...
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