Aliyu Ibn Abdullahi-Maje Karofi ya kasance Sarkin Kano, a yanzu jihar da ke Arewacin Nijeriya a yanzu. Har ila yau ana kiransa Babba da Mai Sango - Mai Amfani da Bindiga . Ya bayyana a ƙarshen Basasa, mulkinsa ya kasance cike da yaƙe-yaƙe masu tsada, da ayyukan katanga waɗanda suka ba da ƙarfi ga masarautar kasuwancin. Tserewarsa kamar yadda Sarkin Kano ya kasance yana cikin kundin tarihin masarautar Kano ; da Tarikh Al Kano . Gwanin Ali Zaki, yana tunawa da lokacin da ya zama Sarkin Kano na ƙarshe. Rayuwar Aliyu sabanin sauran sarakunan sudan a lokacin tana daga cikin tsananin riko da Tasswuf, a cewar Tarikh al Kano, Aliyu ya kasance mai bin umarnin Qadariyyah kuma hazikin takobi. Tun yana karami ya rubuta Rad al Jahla ; rubutu na sufist don farawa. A shekarar 1893, jim kadan da rasuwar Sarki Muhammad Bello, Sultan Abdurrahman ya nada Tukur sabon Sarkin Kano . Kusan nan da nan, dan uwan Aliyu kuma ya ba da rahoton Yusuf mai karfin gwiwa, ya jagoranci sauran yaran Abdullahi Maje Karofi cikin tawaye. Wannan rarrabuwa a cikin gidan Dabo shine ya haifar da Yakin basasar Kano na 3;