Regional1903

Battle of Sokoto

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Nigeria

Estimated casualties

Casualty figures unrecorded for this conflict.

Battle of Sokoto (1903), part of the British Conquest of Northern Nigeria. United Kingdom defeated Fulani Sultanate.

Belligerents2

United Kingdom
Fulani Sultanate

ON THE MAPBritish Empire (1900)

Conflict graph

PART OFAnglo-Sokoto War

Sources

HCED — Miller & Bakar (2023), Historical Conflict Event Dataset, J. Conflict Resolution 67(2-3)
Jaques, Dictionary of Battles and Sieges (HCED primary source)

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