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Alhaji Dr. Muhammadu Kabir Usman was the 49th Emir of Katsina, northern Nigeria, a state of 400,000 largely Muslim inhabitants. Recognized as an Islamic scholar, he was made Emir - a religious and politcal position - in 1981, and retained the post until his death in 2008.