Damaturu

Damaturu lies west of Lake Chad in the country once governed by Bornu. In the early nineteenth century the area became entangled in the Fulani uprising against that kingdom. Gwani Muktar, a Fulani leader living near Damaturu, received a flag from Sokoto in 1806 and attacked Bornu with support from Buba Yero of Gombe. The ensuing wars threatened Bornu's rulers and drew the scholar Muhammad al-Amin al-Kanemi into its defence.