Colonial and Post Colonial Rulers
P.G. Harris was a colonial administrator in Nigeria and Cameroon. He was born in Liverpool and studied at St Bees School, Cumberland. In 1916, he was made lieutenant of the Infantry, Nigeria regiments. In 1919, he joined the Nigerian administrative service. In 1935, he was made the senior resident Sokoto, a position which included Yauri.
Sarkin Abdullahi was a native ruler of Yauri after the disastrous rule of Aliyu, a fulani ruler. He was quite educated and was a teacher before his coronation as Sarkin. He was known for his meticulous dedication to education, health and generally most services under his emirate. He was born in 1910, and was educated at the Provincial School Kano.
Following were the independent rulers (Sarkin Yawuri) in the colonial and post-colonial period.
| Start | End | Ruler |
|---|---|---|
| February 1904 | June 1915 | Jibrilu dan Abdullahi Abarshi |
| 1915 | March 1923 | Aliyu dan Abdullahi (regent to 1917) |
| 1923 | 1955 | Abdullahi dan Jibrilu (b. 1901 - d. 1955) |
| 1955 | Muhammad Tukur dan Abdullahi (b. 1923) | |
| 1981 | 26 March 1999 | Shuaibu Yakubu Abashi |
| 17 June 1999 | Muhammad Zayyanu Abdullahi |
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