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Alkalawa
Alkalawa was the capital of the Hausa kingdom of Gobir, in what is now north-western Nigeria, from the 18th century. Its capture in 1808 by the forces of Usman dan Fodio, in which King Yunfa was killed, marked the defeat of Gobir in the Fulani jihad.
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