Battle of Sokoto

The Battle of Sokoto was fought on 15 March 1903 between the British Northern Nigeria Protectorate and the Sokoto Caliphate in present-day northern Nigeria. In the face of British aggression, the Caliphate's leaders were divided over whether to respond with force, pursue martyrdom, or make a mass hijra to avoid Christian rule. After the British captured Sokoto, they installed a puppet sultan with reduced powers under the Protectorate, while the fugitive Caliph Attahiru I was pursued and killed at the Battle of Burmi in July 1903, marking the formal end of the century-long Caliphate and the beginning of colonial rule over Northern Nigeria.

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1903  Wikidata
battle, British Empire, Sokoto Caliphate, Sokoto Caliphate, 

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Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
area	region	1804	Sokoto Caliphate		Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1903	Battle of Sokoto	British Empire, battle, Sokoto Caliphate	Wikidata