Birnin Gwari

Birnin Gwari was a kingdom on the southwestern margins of Hausaland, in a region inhabited by Gwari and Kamuku communities. Its position placed it among a number of smaller states bordering Katsina and Zazzau. By the late eighteenth century Birnin Gwari was among the polities dependent on Katsina, whose people had migrated into the area. Around 1800, under a ruler remembered as Gwarin Waiki, much of the eastern Kamuku country came within the kingdom. The histories of these neighbouring peoples remained closely intertwined.