Battle of Tabkin Kwatto
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title:
Battle of Tabkin Kwatto
text:
Tabkin Kwatto was the first decisive battle in the Fulani War. Abdullahi Ibn Fodio and Umaru al Kammu engaged the numerically superior Gobir cavalry at Kwatto Lake near the Capital fort of Gobir; Alkalawa. The Fulani archers employed a square formation which they successfully defended against successive charges by the Gobir cavalry. After taking severe losses, the death of the commander of Gobir's Armoured Cavalry eventually sealed the fate of the Gobirawa. Tabkin Kwatto is remembered as the tur
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Battle in the Fulani War
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Tabkin_Kwatto
date created:
2014-01-01T20:37:47Z
date modified:
2024-08-30T22:20:16Z
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