Sharjah (emirate) | Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan | Abu Dhabi (emirate) | Gwandu | Emirate of Sicily | emirate of Sicily | Emirate of Córdoba | Emirate of Bukhara | Bauchi Emirate |
In earlier times it extended to the south of its original capital of Birnin Kebbi, which is now capital of the Gwandu Emirate and of Kebbi State itself.
In 1815, Usman dan Fodio retired from the administrative business of the Caliphate and divided the area taken over during the Fulani War with his brother Abdullahi dan Fodio ruling in the west with the Gwandu Emirate and his son Muhammed Bello taking over administration of the Sokoto Caliphate.