The Battle of Madab was fought in June 1788 in
Ethiopia
Ethiopia, , om, Itiyoophiyaa, so, Itoobiya, ti, ኢትዮጵያ, Ítiyop'iya, aa, Itiyoppiya officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country in the Horn of Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the ...
between the forces of Emperor
Tekle Giyorgis I
Tekle Giyorgis I ( gez, ተክለ ጊዮርጊስ; c. 1751 – 12 December 1817), throne name Feqr Sagad, was Emperor of Ethiopia intermittently between 20 July 1779 and June 1800, and a member of the Solomonic dynasty. He was the youngest son of ...
,
''Ras''
Ali
ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib ( ar, عَلِيّ بْن أَبِي طَالِب; 600 – 661 CE) was the last of four Rightly Guided Caliphs to rule Islam (r. 656 – 661) immediately after the death of Muhammad, and he was the first Shia Imam. ...
, and
Haliu Eshte against the forces ''Ras''
Haliu Yosadiq,
Wolde Gabriel
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, and
Dejazmach Gebre. Wolde Gabriel was killed in the battle and the allied forces won.
References
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Battles of the Zemene Mesafint
18th century in Ethiopia
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1788 in Africa
1788 in Ethiopia
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