Yaƙin Gawakuke wani faɗa ne da aka gwabza tsakanin Daular Sokoto da birnin Gobir a Gawakuke a arewacin Najeriya a ranar 9 ga Maris 1836. Yaƙin ya zama nasara ga Sokoto, kuma ya tabbatar da mulkin Gobir a karkashin mulkin halifanci . A shekarar 1836 Masarautar Gobir ta yi tawaye a kan Daular Sakkwato mai karfi, wadda ta mallaki Gobir tun da farko ta ci a 1808. Domin murkushe ƴan tawayen, Sarkin Musulmi Muhammad Bello na Sakkwato da wasu da yawa daga cikin abokansa sun yi tattaki don ganawa da ‘yan tawayen a Gawakuke, a yankin Gobir ta Arewa. Sojojin Bello sun fatattaki rundunar ‘yan tada kayar bayan da suka hada da Gobir Sultan Ali, kafin daga bisani su fara yaƙin kisa a fadin masarautar Gobir, suna kona kauyuka tare da karkashe manoma. Wannan yaƙin shi ne na ƙarshe a cikin jerin tashe-tashen hankula tsakanin Gobir da Sokoto wanda aka shafe kusan shekaru talatin ana gwabzawa. Muhammad Bello, Sarkin Musulmi kuma kwamandan sojojin da suka fatattaki ‘yan tawaye, ya rasu shekara daya bayan yakin a 1837, yana da shekaru 56 a duniya.