The Zazzau, also known as the Zaria Emirate, is a traditional state with headquarters in the city of Zaria, Kaduna State, Nigeria. The most important source for the early history of Zazzau is a chronicle composed in the early 20th century from an oral tradition. It tells the traditional story of the foundation of the Hausa kingdoms by Bayajidda an Arab adventurer from Baghdad, and gives a list of rulers along with the length of their reigns. According to this chronology, the original Hausa or Habe kingdom is said to date from the 11th century, founded by King Gunguma.This source also makes it one of the seven Hausa Bakwai states. Zazzau’s most famous early ruler was Queen (or princess) Amina, who ruled either in the mid-15th or mid-16th centuries, and was held by Muhammed Bello, an early 19th-century Hausa historian and the second Sultan of Sokoto, to have been the first to establish a kingdom among the Hausa.

His Royal Highness Ahmed Nuhu Bamalli CFR is the current emir of Zazzau. He is a Nigerian lawyer, banker and diplomat. He is the former Nigerian ambassador to Thailand with concurrent accreditation to Myanmar,and the current 19th Fulani Emir of Zazzau, a Nigerian traditional state with headquarters in Zaria, Kaduna State, Nigeria. He is the first Emir from the Mallawa ruling house to be enthroned in a century after the dethronment of his grandfather, Emir Alu Dan Sidi in 1920.

TRADE, CULTURE AND TOURISM

Opportunities for investment exist in:

Agriculture

Agro-Allied

Infrastructure

Manufacturing

Education

Tourism

Mining

Renewable Energy

Housing

Transportation

ICT

Zazzau Is has many place of interest such as

Emirs palace zazzau

Ahmadu Bello Üniversity

Samaru Zoo

Kufena Hills

City Wall

Zaria Art and Craft Center

When it Comes to Durbar, Zazzau Durbar is one of the largest procession of colorful horses in the world.

It has evolved with the history, culture and tradition of the people over a period of time.

It marks the Islamic holidays Eid-al-Fitr and Eid al Adha