Tarihin Kano (Tarikh arbab hadha al-balad al-musamma Kano da Larabci) rubutun hannu ne na yaren larabci wanda ya lissafa sarakunan Kano . Tarihin Kano jerin sarakunan Kano ne tun daga karni na 10 Miladiyya. Yana ba da labarin dangi goma sha ɗaya na masu raye -raye (kamar masu cire gishiri, masu yin giya, ko maƙera) waɗanda jagoransu na ruhaniya ya yi musu gargaɗi cewa baƙo zai zo ya sare bishiyar alfarmarsu ya kwace mulkinsu daga gare su: “Idan bai zo cikin ku ba. lokaci, tabbas zai zo a lokacin yaranku, kuma zai ci nasara a duk ƙasar nan ”(Palmer 1928: III: 98). Tabbas, wani mutum mai suna Bagauda ya iso ba da daɗewa ba, ya ci nasara, ya zama sarkin Kano na farko bisa ga tarihin (Palmer 1928: III: 97-100). A data kasance Kano Chronicle aka yiwuwa a rubuce a cikin Shekara ta 1880s da Malam Barka, wani Dan Rimi (high-ranking bawa hukuma) wanda ya yi aiki ga Muhammad Bello, da Sarkin Kano (mulkin Kano) da suka yi sarauta daga shekara ta 1882-1893.