Gobir

E289550

Hausa city-state pre-colonial African state sultanate

Gobir was a prominent Hausa city-state and sultanate in what is now northern Nigeria, known for its power and influence before being conquered during the early 19th-century Fulani Jihad.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Gobir canonical	11
Gobir region	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Hausa city-state ⓘ pre-colonial African state ⓘ sultanate ⓘ
approximateConquestDate	early 19th century ⓘ
capital	Alkalawa ⓘ
conflictWith	Fulani jihadists ⓘ Usman dan Fodio ⓘ
conqueredBy	Sokoto Caliphate ⓘ Usman dan Fodio’s forces ⓘ
conqueredDuring	Fulani Jihad ⓘ
culturalSphere	Hausa culture ⓘ Islamic ⓘ
economy	agriculture ⓘ trans-Saharan trade ⓘ tribute and taxation ⓘ
ethnicContext	Hausa ⓘ
governmentType	monarchy ⓘ
historicalPeriod	18th century ⓘ early 19th century ⓘ pre-colonial era ⓘ
knownFor	military power ⓘ political influence in Hausaland ⓘ resistance to Sokoto Caliphate ⓘ
language	Hausa ⓘ
legacy	Gobirawa ethnic subgroup ⓘ influence on Sokoto Caliphate formation ⓘ
locatedIn	Hausaland ⓘ West Africa ⓘ present-day northern Nigeria ⓘ
militaryFeature	fortified settlements ⓘ
modernLocationIncludes	Kebbi State ⓘ surface form: Kebbi State, Nigeria Sokoto State ⓘ surface form: Sokoto State, Nigeria parts of Niger Republic ⓘ
neighboringEntity	Kano ⓘ Katsina State ⓘ surface form: Katsina Zamfara State ⓘ surface form: Zamfara
notableEvent	persecution of Usman dan Fodio before Fulani Jihad ⓘ
partOf	Hausa city-states ⓘ
politicalStructure	centralized kingdom ⓘ
predecessorTo	Gobir emirates in Niger and Nigeria ⓘ
regionType	Sahelian ⓘ
religion	Islam ⓘ
religiousRole	center of Islamic scholarship in Hausaland ⓘ
ruledByTitle	Sarki ⓘ Sultan ⓘ
rulingDynastyEthnicity	Hausa ⓘ
socialStructure	hierarchical ⓘ
successorState	Sokoto Caliphate ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sokoto Caliphate → precededBy → Gobir ⓘ

Usman dan Fodio → birthPlace → Gobir ⓘ

Hausa people → historicalCity → Gobir ⓘ

Hausaland → majorCity → Gobir ⓘ

Fulani Jihad → opponent → Gobir ⓘ

Sokoto Jihad → opponent → Gobir ⓘ

Hausa city-states → hasCapital → Gobir ⓘ

Hausa city-states → notableCity → Gobir ⓘ

Hausa Bakwai → hasPart → Gobir ⓘ

Shaykh Uthman ibn Fudi → placeOfBirth → Gobir ⓘ

subject surface form: Usman dan Fodio

Abdullahi dan Fodio → placeOfActivity → Gobir ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gobir region

Kebbi Kingdom → neighboringEntity → Gobir ⓘ