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Realm · approximate borders · 1450–1804

Gobir

Hausa kingdom of the north-west, tributary to Bornu until Bawa (1777) and to Kebbi before c. 1715.

Gobir lay in the Sahel of today's Niger (Birnin Lalle) in this period. The jihad of Usman dan Fodio began in Gobir (1804); Alkalawa fell in 1808. Source: Wikipedia 'Gobir'. Hausa kingdom of the north-west, tributary to Bornu until Bawa (1777) and to Kebbi before c. 1715. Under pressure from the Tuareg, Gobir moved south toward the Rima valley. The jihad of Usman dan Fodio began in Gobir (1804); Alkalawa fell in 1808. Source: Wikipedia 'Gobir'. Hausa kingdom of the north-west, tributary to Bornu until Bawa (1777) and to Kebbi before c. 1715. Babari destroyed Birnin Zamfara (c. 1756 or 1762) and ruled from Alkalawa on the Rima. The jihad of Usman dan Fodio began in Gobir (1804); Alkalawa fell in 1808. Source: Wikipedia 'Gobir'.

See Gobir on the map in 1756

On the map
1450–1804
Capital
Alkalawa (from the 18th c.)

Rulers named in the sources

African kingdoms and states, 430–1911

Besides the large empires and the colonial powers, Africa had many other states: the Berber kingdoms of late-Roman Mauretania and the Aurès; the Wolof states of Senegambia, the Fula imamates, Kaabu and the Moorish emirates; Kong, the Mossi kingdoms, Dagbon, Denkyira, Akwamu, Dahomey and Benin; the Hausa kingdoms, Nupe, Kebbi, Agadez, Damagaram and Baguirmi; the Ethiopian, Gibe and Somali sultanates and kingdoms, the Shilluk, Kilwa and Pate; Buganda, Bunyoro, Rwanda and Burundi; Loango, Ndongo, Matamba, Kasanje, Kuba, Luba, Lunda and Kazembe; Mapungubwe, Great Zimbabwe, Mutapa, Butua and the Rozvi; and Maravi, Gaza, the Nguni and Sotho kingdoms, the Lozi and the Sakalava. Dates and rulers come from cited reference articles. Few pre-colonial African frontiers were ever surveyed or described, and many of these states ruled people and trade routes more than fixed territory.

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