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.[4][6][7]
| Battle of Kufit | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part of the Mahdist War | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Ethiopian Empire |
 Mahdist Sudan | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Ras Alula (WIA) | Osman Digna | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 10,000–25,000 men[1] | 6,000–12,000 men[2][3] | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 1,500 killed[4] | 3,000–5,050 killed[4][5] | ||||||
References
edit- ^ Uhlig, Siegbert (2008). Encyclopaedia Aethiopica: Volume 3: He-N. p. 446.
- ^ 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
- ^ Uhlig, Siegbert (2008). Encyclopaedia Aethiopica: Volume 3: He-N. p. 446.
- ^ a b c Elrich, Haggai (1996). Ras Alula And The Scramble For Africa. Red Sea Press. pp. 68–70. ISBN 9781569020296.
- ^ Uhlig, Siegbert (2008). Encyclopaedia Aethiopica: Volume 3: He-N. p. 446.
- ^ David H. Shinn, Thomas P. Ofcansky (March 29, 2004). Historical Dictionary of Ethiopia (Historical Dictionaries of Africa). Scarecrow Press. p. 69. ISBN 978-0810849105.
- ^ 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.