Battle of Òsogbo

Battle of Òsogbo
	Part of the Yoruba Revolutionary Wars and Fula jihads
	Osogbo Location of Osogbo within modern Nigeria
Date	c. 1840 (Some later sources suggest 1838)
Location	Outskirts of Osogbo, Yorubaland (present-day Nigeria)7°46′N 4°34′E / 7.767°N 4.567°E
Result	Decisive Ibadan/Osogbo victory Halt of Ilorin/Fula southward military expansion into Yorubaland; Ilorin army routed, commander escaped, other commanders captured/executed; Confirmed Ibadan as the dominant military power in the region;
Belligerents
Sokoto Caliphate; Ilorin Emirate	Ibadan Republic ; Osogbo
Commanders and leaders
Emir Shitta (nominal overlord); Hausa Balogun Ali(escaped); Balogun Ajikobi (captured, executed); Balogun Lateju (captured, executed); Elese (Leader of an Ilorin contingent) (killed);	Balogun Oderinlo; Obele Alias Mobitan ; Alade Abimpagun ; Balogun Abitiko; Balogun Lajubu;
Strength
Primarily cavalry armed with spears; estimated ~5,000 troops	Primarily infantry armed with long swords, few muskets; chiefs mounted
Casualties and losses
Heavy losses; many killed or captured, large number of horses captured	Unknown, likely lighter than Ilorin

The Battle of Òsogbo was a pivotal military engagement fought circa 1840 (though some later sources suggest 1838) during the Yoruba Revolutionary Wars of the 19th century. It was also a significant event within the Fula jihads in Yorubaland. The battle is widely regarded as a major turning point which decisively checked the southward expansion of the Ilorin Emirate a vassal state of the Sokoto Caliphate, and confirmed the military ascendancy of the city-state of Ibadan Republic among the Yoruba successor states of the defunct Oyo Empire. Its impact on the political and military landscape of the region was profound.