| Aliyu Babba | |
|---|---|
 Aliyu Babba after his capture in 1903 | |
| Emir of Kano | |
| Reign | 1894–1903 |
| Coronation | August 19, 1894 |
| Predecessor | Mohammed Tukur |
| Successor | Muhammad Abbass |
| Born | ? Kano |
| Died | 1926 Lokoja, Northern Nigeria |
| Burial | Lokoja, Northern Nigeria |
| House | House of Dabo |
| Father | Abdullahi Maje Karofi |
Aliyu Ibn Abdullahi-Maje Karofi was an Emir of Kano, a state in what is now Northern Nigeria. Also known as Babba and Mai Sango- The Gun User. Emerging at the end of the Basasa, his reign was marked by a series of costly wars and fortification projects that heavily militarised the erstwhile commercial Emirate. His escapades as Emir of Kano were recorded in the official historical canon of the Kano Emirate, the Tarikh Al Kano.[1] The ballad of Ali Zaki, commemorates his reign as the last Emir of Kano.
- ^ Palmer, Herbert Richmond (1908). "Kano Chronicle". Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland. 38: 58–98. doi:10.2307/2843130. JSTOR 2843130.