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Ali Yaji
Ali Yaji was ruler of the Hausa kingdom of Kano in the 14th century. According to the Kano Chronicle, Islam was adopted at the court during his reign, brought by Wangara traders and scholars from Mali, and he was the first ruler to bear the title of sarki in the chronicle's account of Kano's rise.
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