Abdullahi Dan Kanajeji, known as Abdullahi Burja, was the sixteenth ruler of Kano. Through forging of powerful alliances and the creation of trade routes...

Dauda (1421-1438) Abdullahi Burja (1438-1452) Dakauta (1452) Atuma (1452) Yakubu (1452-1463) Muhammad Rimfa (1463-1499) Abdullahi (1499-1509) Muhammad...

mentions its defeat by the Kano ruler Abdullahi Burja around the years 1438–1452. After this defeat, Abdullahi Burja married a daughter of the Sarkin Dutse...

Umaru May 1410 January 1421 16 Dauda January 1421 January 1438 17 Abdullahi Burja January 1438 January 1452 18 Dakauta January 1452 (One night) 19 Atuma...

Berana (a Kanuri name). However, some sources list Rumfa, Yakubu, and Abdullahi Burja as paternal half brothers and others list Yakubu as the first of the...

Dakauta Sarkin Kano Reign 1452 Predecessor Abdullahi Burja Successor Atuma House Bagauda Dynasty Father Abdullahi Burja...

suzerainty that had been established decades earlier in the reign of Abdullahi Burja. He solidified his power in Kano by strategically promoting his kinsmen...

With the opening of trade routes a few decades earlier in the time of Abdullahi Burja, Muhammad Rumfa and his descendants were able to propel the State to...

Dauda Sarkin Kano Reign 1421-1438 Predecessor Umaru Successor Abdullahi Burja House Bagauda Dynasty Father Kanajeji Mother Auta...

Yakubu Sarkin Kano Reign 1463-1499 Predecessor Atuma Successor Muhammad Rimfa House Bagauda Dynasty Father Abdullahi Burja Mother Tasafi...

Abdullah Burja, Sultan (1438–1452) Dakauta, Sultan (1452) Atuma, Sultan (1452) Yaquled (1452–1463) Muhammad Rumfa, Sultan (1463–1499) Abdullahi dan Rumfa...

The three subsequent rulers of Kano were his sons, Umaru, Dauda, and Abdullahi Burja. Below is a full biography of Kanajeji from Palmer's 1908 English translation...