Battle of Kwatarkwashi
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Date27 February 1903
Location
Kwatarkwashi, Zamfara, Northern Nigeria
Result
British Victory
- Dissolution of the Kano Emirate
| Battle of Kwatarkwashi | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part of Pacification of Northern Nigeria | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
 Aliyu Babba Ahmadu Shahada † |
.svg){kind=small} Frederick Lugard Wallace Duffield | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 3,000 cavalry.[1] |
100 cavalry, 2,000 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.
In 1899, Lord Lugard had proclaimed a British protectorate over much of the Sokoto Caliphate. With the failure of numerous diplomatic overtures to the Caliph, in 1900 a military campaign was launched to subdue the caliphate. when news of the Battle of Kano and the fall of the fort of Kano reached Sokoto in February 1903, the Kano cavalry embarked on a march to retake the city.[2]
