06/06/2014
BRIEF BIOGRAPHY OF ADO BAYARO. WRITE BY
The Emir of
Kano Alhaji Ado
Bayero
CFR,LB,JP (1963-6th
jun 2014)
Ado Bayero
was born on
the 15th June
1930
(Sunday 17th
Muharram 1349), when his
father,
Abdullahi
Bayero, had
been on the
throne for four
years. Ado
was the
eleventh
child of his
father and the
second of
three born to
his mother,
Hajiya Hasiya.
He was named after
Abdullahi's
first son,
Ado, who had
died at the
age of five. Because of
traditional
name
avoidance, he
was
given the nickname
"Mallam" (the
teacher, or
scholar) by his
parents. As a child he
was given
religious
instruction
within the
palace, and he was later
enrolled in
the
school within
the palace
which had been opened
by his father
the emir in
1936. Ado was
then
enrolled at the Kano
Middle School,
where he
studied
from 1942 to
1946.This was followed by
further
studies at
the School for
Arabic
Studies, from which he
graduated in
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