Rano

Rano was the southernmost of the seven Hausa states, in the farming country south of Kano. Tradition named Zamna Kogi, a descendant of Bayajidda, as its founder; its weavers and dyers supplied cloth to Hausa markets.

Between 1349 and 1385, Yaji I of Kano conquered Rano and held it for two years. The town kept its own rulers but did not recover sovereignty. After the Fulani jihad in the early 19th century, it became part of the Kano Emirate of the Sokoto Caliphate.