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Dikwa

Dikwa is a town in Borno State, north-eastern Nigeria, south of Lake Chad. The Sudanese warlord Rabih az-Zubayr made it his capital after conquering Bornu in 1893. After his death in 1900 it became the seat of the Dikwa Emirate, ruled by a branch of the al-Kanemi dynasty under German and then British control, and it became part of Nigeria in 1961.

Dikwa — Image: Mr. Snatch · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons

Mentioned in 2 state histories

Rabih az-Zubayr's state Dikwa Emirate

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APA: The Epoch Institute. (2026). Dikwa. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/dikwa
MLA: “Dikwa.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/dikwa. Accessed .
Chicago: The Epoch Institute. “Dikwa.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/dikwa.
Harvard: The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘Dikwa’, The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/dikwa (Accessed: ).

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