Some of the many crimes of Ras Alula in Eritrea 18.A MEDICAL REPORT ON THE MUTILATED AND EVIRATED ERI.Emperor Yohannes IV with his son and heir, Ras Araya Selassie Yohannes. Ras Alula and the scramble for Africa -a political biography : Ethiopia and Eritrea 1975-1897 The conquests of Yohannes IV, Negus Menelik and general Ras Alula in 1879-1889. He was one of the important leaders of the Ethiopian Empires forces during the 19th century. He even changed the demography of Hamasein as many of his soldiers settled there. Ras Alula Engida (Geez: ) (1827 15 February 1897 also known by his horse name Abba Nega and by Alula Qubi1) was an Ethiopian general and politician from Tigray. The Italians were able to control most parts of Eritrea peacefully as the people were fed up with Alula’ incursions. The Beni Amer and Ras Woldemichael fought on the side of the Egyptians at Gura against Alula. Ras Woldemikael, Bahta Hagos, Kifleyesus and the Tigrian renegade Dabbab with his Assawota fighters resisted his presence (Erlich 1997, 11-16, 25, 32-34). A memory that is fresh on the folktales of the Baria and Kunama. On 22 November 1886, he pillaged the Baria and Kunama, took all their livestock and killed about 2/3 of them. On, at head of 5,000 troops, the Alula encircled 1,000 followers of Shaykh ♺bd al-Qadir of the Habab who was collaborating with Mahdist leader, Osman Digna near Amba and annihilated a third of them. On 15 February 1882, Alula pillaged for 2 days Ad-Tamaryam and Bejuk and returned to Adi Teklay with about 7000- 800 sheep and goats, similar number of cattle and 15, 000 (Maria Theresa dollars). Here, Alula stayed for three weeks, dispatching strong raiding parties against the Habab, Beni Amer, Mensaa, Barka and others. A detachment was sent to neutralize the fort of Sanhit (Keren), while the bulk of his army marched to the Halhal high plateau and established a fortified camp on top of a mountain. On 10 October 1880, Alula crossed the river towards Keren near the Egyptian post of Shabbab. At the end of September 1880 he led his 12,000 man army into the Ansaba valley.
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