en.unionpedia.org

Battle of Gawakuke, the Glossary

Index Battle of Gawakuke

The Battle of Gawakuke was an engagement fought between the Sokoto Caliphate and the Gobir city-state at Gawakuke in northern Nigeria on 9 March 1836.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 16 relations: Butcher knife, Caliphate, City-state, Gobir, Guerrilla warfare, Jihad of Usman dan Fodio, Maradi Region, Muhammed Bello, Nigeria, Pitched battle, Protectorate, Ribat, Sokoto, Sokoto Caliphate, Tuareg people, Usman dan Fodio.

  2. Conflicts in 1836
  3. March 1836 events
  4. Sokoto
  5. Sokoto Caliphate
  6. Sokoto State

Butcher knife

A butcher knife or butcher's knife is a knife designed and used primarily for the butchering or dressing of animal carcasses.

See Battle of Gawakuke and Butcher knife

Caliphate

A caliphate or khilāfah (خِلَافَةْ) is a monarchical form of government (initially elective, later absolute) that originated in the 7th century Arabia, whose political identity is based on a claim of succession to the Islamic State of Muhammad and the identification of a monarch called caliph (خَلِيفَةْ) as his heir and successor.

See Battle of Gawakuke and Caliphate

City-state

A city-state is an independent sovereign city which serves as the center of political, economic, and cultural life over its contiguous territory.

See Battle of Gawakuke and City-state

Gobir

Gobir (Demonym: Gobirawa) was a city-state in what is now Nigeria.

See Battle of Gawakuke and Gobir

Guerrilla warfare

Guerrilla warfare is a form of unconventional warfare in which small groups of irregular military, such as rebels, partisans, paramilitary personnel or armed civilians including recruited children, use ambushes, sabotage, terrorism, raids, petty warfare or hit-and-run tactics in a rebellion, in a violent conflict, in a war or in a civil war to fight against regular military, police or rival insurgent forces.

See Battle of Gawakuke and Guerrilla warfare

Jihad of Usman dan Fodio

The Jihad of Usman dan Fodio was a religio-military conflict in present-day Nigeria and Cameroon. Battle of Gawakuke and Jihad of Usman dan Fodio are 19th century in Africa and Sokoto Caliphate.

See Battle of Gawakuke and Jihad of Usman dan Fodio

Maradi Region

The Region of Maradi is one of seven regions of Niger.

See Battle of Gawakuke and Maradi Region

Muhammed Bello

Muhammadu Bello (محمد بلو) was the second Caliph of Sokoto and reigned from 1817 until 1837.

See Battle of Gawakuke and Muhammed Bello

Nigeria

Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa.

See Battle of Gawakuke and Nigeria

Pitched battle

A pitched battle or set-piece battle is a battle in which opposing forces each anticipate the setting of the battle, and each chooses to commit to it.

See Battle of Gawakuke and Pitched battle

Protectorate

A protectorate, in the context of international relations, is a state that is under protection by another state for defence against aggression and other violations of law.

See Battle of Gawakuke and Protectorate

Ribat

A ribāṭ (رِبَـاط; hospice, hostel, base or retreat) is an Arabic term, initially designating a small fortification built along a frontier during the first years of the Muslim conquest of the Maghreb to house military volunteers, called murabitun, and shortly after they also appeared along the Byzantine frontier, where they attracted converts from Greater Khorasan, an area that would become known as al-ʻAwāṣim in the ninth century CE.

See Battle of Gawakuke and Ribat

Sokoto

Sokoto is a major city located in extreme north-western Nigeria, near the confluence of the Sokoto River and the Rima River. Battle of Gawakuke and Sokoto are Sokoto Caliphate.

See Battle of Gawakuke and Sokoto

Sokoto Caliphate

The Sokoto Caliphate (دولة الخلافة في بلاد السودان), also known as the Sultanate of Sokoto, was a Sunni Muslim caliphate in West Africa. Battle of Gawakuke and Sokoto Caliphate are 19th century in Africa, Sokoto and Sokoto State.

See Battle of Gawakuke and Sokoto Caliphate

Tuareg people

The Tuareg people (also spelled Twareg or Touareg; endonym: Imuhaɣ/Imušaɣ/Imašeɣăn/Imajeɣăn) are a large Berber ethnic group, traditionally nomadic pastoralists, who principally inhabit the Sahara in a vast area stretching from far southwestern Libya to southern Algeria, Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso, as far as northern Nigeria.

See Battle of Gawakuke and Tuareg people

Usman dan Fodio

Shehu Usman dan Fodio (translit; full name; 15 December 1754 – 20 April 1817).

See Battle of Gawakuke and Usman dan Fodio

See also

Conflicts in 1836

March 1836 events

Sokoto

Sokoto Caliphate

Sokoto State

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Gawakuke