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Battle of Kufit
Part of the Mahdist War
Date22–23 September 1885
Location
Result Ethiopian victory
Belligerents
  Ethiopian Empire Mahdist Sudan
Commanders and leaders
Ras Alula ( WIA) Osman Digna
Strength
~10,000 men [1] ~10,000 men [1]
Casualties and losses
1,500 killed [2] 5,050 killed [2]

The Battle of Kufit was a military engagement fought on 22–23 September 1885, between the Mahdist Sudanese and Ethiopian forces. This fighting resulted in a crushing defeat for the Mahdists and a victory for the Ethiopians led by Ras Alula. [2] [3] [4]

References

  1. ^ a b J. Stapleton, Timothy (7 November 2016). Encyclopedia of African Colonial Conflicts. p. 19. ISBN  9781598848373. Ras Alula led a 10,00-strong Ethiopian army that defeated a Mahdist force of about the same size, led by Osman Digna
  2. ^ a b c Elrich, Haggai (1996). Ras Alula And The Scramble For Africa. Red Sea Press. pp. 68–70. ISBN  9781569020296.
  3. ^ David H. Shinn, Thomas P. Ofcansky (March 29, 2004). Historical Dictionary of Ethiopia (Historical Dictionaries of Africa). Scarecrow Press. p. 69. ISBN  978-0810849105.
  4. ^ Reginald Wingate, Sir Francis (1891). Mahdiism and the Egyptian Sudan: Being an Account of the Rise and Progress of Mahdiism and of Subsequent Events in Sudan to the Present Time. Macmillan and Company. p. 251.