Regional1836
Battle of Gawakuke
Gawakuke · near Sokoto · Nigeria
Estimated casualties
Casualty figures unrecorded for this conflict.
On 9 March 1836 the Sokoto Caliphate under Muhammad Bello defeated a Gobir-led coalition at Gawakuke, securing Gobir's subordination and consolidating Sokoto's dominance in the central Sudan.
Belligerents2
- Sokoto Caliphate (Muhammad Bello)
- Kingdom of Gobir and allies
Sources
- Wikipedia: Battle of Gawakuke
- Last, The Sokoto Caliphate
- Wikipedia — text reused under CC BY-SA 4.0
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