What the records say
- When
- 9 Jan 1887
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 9.40° N, 41.56° E
- Description
- 1887 battle between the Ethiopian Empire and Emirate of Harar
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Battle of Chelenqo
1887 battle between the Ethiopian Empire and Emirate of Harar
The Battle of Chelenqo was an engagement fought on 9 January 1887 between the Abyssinian army of Shewa under Negus Menelik and Emir 'Abd Allah II ibn 'Ali 'Abd ash-Shakur of Harar. The Harari forces were routed, and Negus Menelik afterwards occupied and annexed the city of Harar.
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- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “victoire éthiopienne de Ménélik II à la bataille de Chelenqo (Tchalénko) sur l’émir du Harrar”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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