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Battle of Tsuntua

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Tsuntua · Gobir · Nigeria

Estimated casualties

2.0K – 3.0Kestimated dead

Jihadist dead estimated at 2,000-3,000, including about 200 Hafiz; from traditional accounts, not firm counts.

SOURCETraditional jihad chronicles

In December 1804 Yunfa of Gobir, with Tuareg allies, defeated Usman dan Fodio's jihadists, inflicting heavy losses; despite this reverse the jihad recovered and began capturing cities from 1805.

Belligerents2

Kingdom of Gobir (Yunfa)
Sokoto jihadists (Usman dan Fodio)

Conflict graph

PART OFSokoto Jihad of Usman dan Fodio

Sources

Wikipedia: Battle of Tsuntua
Last, The Sokoto Caliphate
Wikipedia — text reused under CC BY-SA 4.0

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