Kumbari dan Sharefa
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Kumbari dan Sharefa (reigned 1731–1743) was a Hausa King (Sarkin) of Kano. He succeeded Mohammed Sharef and is remembered for his high taxation on the Kurmi market.[1]
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- ^ Ajayi, J. F. Ade; Michael Crowder and R.A. Adeleye, chapter author (1976). "Hausa land and Borno 1600-1800", The History of West Africa, 2, Columbia University Press, 596. ISBN 0231041039. “His successor, Kumbari, is said to have almost killed Kurmi market by his excessive taxation. He taxed even the learned men - mallams - and it was on account of his extortions that there were disturbances in Kano, leading to the departure of Arabs from the city for Katsina.”
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