Alhaji Kabe

Kabe Dan Kumbari, wanda aka fi sani da Alhaji Kabe, shi ne sarki na talatin da tara a masarautar  Kano, ya yi mulki na shekaru goma tsakanin shekara ta 1743 da shekara ta 1753. Tarihin Kano ya tuna shi da farko a matsayin Sarki mara kyau da rashin tausayi. An ce babu wani tarihin da za a iya riƙewa game da yawan yaƙe-yaƙe ko waɗanda yaƙe-yaƙe da ƙananan hukumomin Kano suka yi da umarninsa. Babban abokin gabarsa shi ne Gobir, amma kuma ya yi hulda da wasu Masarautu makwabta. Yanayin belin mulkinsa ya haifar da korar jinin da tuni ba shi da farin jini na Muhammad Sharefa . 

 Hawan Yesu zuwa sama 
Shi ɗa ne ga Kumbari da Zenabu, wanda kuma aka fi sani da "Zama". Shima dan gidan Gaya ne mai daraja, ta wajen kaka, Maidaki Mariamma. Ya gaji mahaifinsa a matsayin Sultan a shekara ta 1743. 

 Sarauta 
"Ya kasance Sarki na yaƙe-yaƙe da yawa kuma mummunan abu. Tun daga lokacin da ya samu sarauta bai zauna wata biyar a gidansa ba, ba tare da zuwa yaƙi ba ko kuma aika Sarkis ɗinsa don yaƙi. " 

Tarihin ya ba da labarin cewa babu wani mutum a zamanin Kabe da ya kashe kamar rashin imani kamar shi. Koyaya, duk da yanayinsa kuma, ance ya kasance mai yawan kyauta ga malaman addini saboda yana tsoron ransa a lahira. 

 Yaki da Gobir 
"Sarkin Gobir ya aiko don a yi sulhu da shi amma Kabe ya ƙi. Ya aika zuwa ga Sarkin Gobir Barbari, yana cewa, 'Ina da hular da zan dace da kan kowa'. " 

Yakin da ba a kammala ba ya ɓarke tsakanin Gobir ƙarƙashin Sarkin Gobir Soba da Kano ƙarƙashin mahaifin Kabe, Kumbari. Yunkurin Gobir zuwa Kano yana ƙarƙashin umarnin Mai Ali na Bornu. Sarkin Gobir a zamanin Kabe, Bari-bari (wani suna ne na Kanuri), ya nemi yin sulhu da Kano amma an ƙi shi. Ba da daɗewa ba ya nufi Kano kuma rundunarsu ta yi artabu a Dami. An ce mutanen Kano, sun hana Royal Guard (Dogarai) da wani bangare da aka sani da "Kwinkele" sun gudu daga Alhaji Kabe suna tsoron "sihiri", mutanen Gobir suka mallake su. Daga cikin manya-manyan jami'an Kano, Sarkin Dawaki da Turakin Kuka (Sarkin Banuja) ne kawai suka rage. Sojojin Gobir sun tuhume shi kuma da kyar ya tsere da ransa. Wannan nuna rashin hadin kai ya nuna rashin yarda a tsakanin Sarakunan Kano da kuma rashin karban Alhaji Kabe. Kano da Gobir sun ci gaba da gwabza yaƙe-yaƙe har zuwa mutuwar Kabe.

 Mutuwa da mayewa 
Alhaji Kabe ya mutu a shekara ta 1753 amma ba kafin ya haifar da babbar fitina ba a Masarautar. Sarakunan sun zabi kakanninsa dan uwansa kuma abokin hamayyarsa, Yaji, wanda yake da kwanciyar hankali a matsayin Sarki. An san Yaji da "Mallam Mai Lafia" saboda yanayin tawali'u.

 Tarihi a Tarihin Kano 
A ƙasa akwai cikakken tarihin Alhaji Kabe daga fassarar Ingilishi na Tarihin Kano na Palmer ta shekara ta 1908.; in Google Books. 

 Manazarta 

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