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Battle of Kwatarkwashi
Part of Pacification of Northern Nigeria
Date27 February 1903
Location
Kwatarkwashi, Zamfara, Northern Nigeria
Result British Victory
Belligerents

Sokoto Caliphate

  • Kano Emirate

United Kingdom British Empire

  • Protectorate of Northern Nigeria
Commanders and leaders
Aliyu Babba
Ahmadu Shahada 
Frederick Lugard
United Kingdom Wallace Duffield
Strength
3,000 cavalry.[1] 100 cavalry,
2000 infantry.
Casualties and losses
Unknown, but heavy 44 dead and wounded

The Battle of Kwatarkwashi was a decisive battle between the British administered Protectorate of Northern Nigeria and forces of the Sokoto Caliphate's Kano Emirate. The defeat of the Kano cavalry in the battle marked the formative end of the Kano Emirate.

  1. ^ Ikime, Obaro (1977). Fall of Nigeria. Heinemann. ISBN 0435941402.

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