 In December of that year, Yunfa won a major victory in the Battle of Tsuntua, in which Dan Fodio's forces were said to have lost 2,000 men, 200 of whom knew the Koran by heart.However, dan Fodio soon launched a successful campaign against Kebbi and established a permanent base at Gwandu.In October 1808, the jihadists seized the Gobir capital of Alkalawa and killed Yunfa.