Battle of Wad Kaltabu
1837 Ethiopian-Ottoman conflict / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Battle of Wad Kaltabu was a military engagement fought on 22 April 1837 between the forces of Kenfu Haile Giorgis, a nobleman of Dembiya, and an Ottoman-Egyptian force led by Ahmad Kashif.[1] The defeat nearly lead to an invasion of Ethiopia, which would not occur until the Ethiopian–Egyptian War.[2][3]
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Battle of Wad Kaltabu | |||||||
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Part of Ottoman–Ethiopian border conflicts | |||||||
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Kenfu Hailu |
Ahmad Khashif Salim Efendi Ali Agha al-Sahbi | ||||||
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20,000 | 1,500 | ||||||
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Unknown | Heavy |
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