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Following the death of Bello in 1837, there was no clear successor as he refused to name one. Bukhari and his older brother Abu Bakr Atiku were the leading candidates. After much deliberation, the
Council of Electors chose Atiku as the new Caliph. Despite Bukhari's distinguished military record
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Abdullahi to govern the western and southern regions of the Caliphate. Abdullahi tasked Bukhari with overseeing the southern territories of his emirate. Around this period, Bukhari founded the fief of
396:, Atiku, Bukhari, and Wani successfully captured the town. The victory at Kalambaina reunited Gwandu and Sokoto, who had experienced slight hostilities after Abdullahi was passed over in favour of Bello to succeed Usman as
317:. Because he was raised in Abdullahi's house, Bukhari dedicated much of his life to his uncle. Among his other teachers was al-Mustafa bin Muhammad al-Turudi, a scribe for Usman, and the father of the Sokoto scholar
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which grew to become the main stronghold in the southern regions of the
Caliphate, second only to Gwandu. However, the importance of the fief diminished during the reign of Caliph
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poems, while others believe it was because he had suffered a leg injury after falling from his horse, breaking his leg at the critical juncture, making him unfit for office.
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361:, fled the capital. However, in 1816, Hodi mounted a fierce resistance against the Caliphate from his strongholds in Kimba,
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