Gobir

Sultanate of Gobir
1150–1808
Capital	Asben (1150–1450) Birnin Lalle (1450–1600) Maigali Goran Rami (1685–1756) Alkalawa (1756–1808)
Common languages	Hausa Tamazight Fulfulde Arabic
Religion	Sunni Islam Hausa animism
Demonym(s)	singular: Bagobiri plural: Gobirawa
Government	Elective monarchy
Sarki
• 12th-century (at Asben)	Ubandoro II (first)
• 1801–1808	Yunfa (last)
Establishment
History
• Founding of Birnin Lalle	15th-century
• Founding of Goran Rami	18th-century
• Declaration of Uthman's jihad	21 February 1804
• Fall of Alkalawa	3 October 1808
• Established	1150
• Disestablished	1808
Succeeded by Sokoto Caliphate
Today part of	Niger Nigeria

Gobir (Demonym: Gobirawa) was a city-state in what is now Nigeria. Founded by the Hausa in the 11th century, Gobir was one of the seven original kingdoms of Hausaland, and continued under Hausa rule for nearly 700 years. Its capital was the city of Alkalawa. In the early 19th century elements of the ruling dynasty fled north to what is today Niger from which a rival dynasty developed ruling as Sarkin Gobir (Sultan of Gobir) at Tibiri. In 1975 a reunited traditional sultanate took up residence in Sabon Birni, Nigeria.