ABSTRACT
For the political organization and development of Kano under Fulani rule during the nineteenth century, the readers are also greatly indebted to the detailed historical inquiries of numerous unidentifiable divisional officers who sought in the course of their rural tours to learn the traditional distribution of political allegiances and authority among the local communities of modern administrative districts. Another valuable historical document which incidentally provides a new perspective on the famous chomicle is a folk poem, “The Song of Bagauda,” which is commonly sung by beggars and destitutes in Kano city and which is now also available in written form. The Fulani conquest and the British occupation both terminated historical periods at Kano; and in consequence both events shed an intense light on the society at the dates. Information of comparable quality and scope is also available for the years 1450 to 1550 and for the reigns of most Kutumbawa rulers, that is from 1620 onwards.
