Emir Sanusi Lamido Sanusi Set To Take 17 Year Old Fourth Wife

In an unconscious attestation to
this truism, the Emir of Kano, Malam
Sanusi Lamido Sanusi (Muhammadu Sanusi II), is set to take his fourth wife.

The bridal candidate is  a 17-year-
old beautiful daughter of the Lamido
of Adamawa, Alhaji Muhammadu
Barkindo Aliyu Musdafa.

Sanusi ,an accomplished banker,who became the 14th Emir of Kano last June, is a respected Islamic Scholar, and his decision to take a new wife is in line with Islamic injunction which prescribes a maximum of four wives for those
who can treat all of them equally.
Already, Sanusi has three beautiful
wives - Sadiya, Maryam and Rakiya.

Like in ancient times when bonds
between empires were deepened by
marriages among royals and nobles
across boundaries, the betrothal of
the Adamawa princess to Emir
Sanusi II may also be a move to
deepen royal bond between
Adamawa and Kano.

Historically, both emirates have
similar origins in the 19 century
Usman dan Fodio’s jihad .

The Adamawa Emirate headquartered in Yola, founded by Modibo Adama, one of the commanders of Usman dan Fodio, during the Fulani Jihad of 1809, was traditionally located in Fombina which covers present Adamawa and Taraba States and previously stretched as far as
northern provinces of Cameroon,
minor parts of Western Chad and
the Central African Republic before
becoming an emirate of the
caliphate.

Kano, which was formerly a sultanate, at the end of the
eighteenth century, was the richest
and most populous of the Hausa
states and its capital was perhaps
the greatest city in the whole Sudan.

As a centre of trade, its reputation
stretched far and near. The wave
of the 19th century Fulani Jihad of
Sheikh Usman dan Fodio defeated the last sultan of Kano by the Jobe Clan of the Fulani, thus making Kano an emirate of the caliphate.

Source: ThisdayLive