Battle of Kwatarkwashi

Battle of Kwatarkwashi
	Part of Pacification of Northern Nigeria
Date	27 February 1903
Location	Kwatarkwashi, Zamfara, Northern Nigeria
Result	British Victory
Belligerents
Sokoto Caliphate Kano Emirate;	British Empire Protectorate of Northern Nigeria;
Commanders and leaders
Aliyu Babba; Ahmadu Shahada †	Frederick Lugard; Wallace Duffield
Strength
3,000 cavalry.	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.