Quoted in T esfai Seyoun, Ras Ras Alula Engida (Ge'ez: ራስ አሉላ እንግዳ) ( – 15 February ; also known by his horse name Abba Nega and by Alula Equbi[1]) was an Ethiopian general and politician who successfully led battles against Ottoman Egypt, the Mahdists and Italy. He was one of the most important leaders of the Abyssinian forces during the 19th century.
"Ras Alula (1847-1897) was one of In order to get a good flavor of Alula’s biography and the role he played in Ethiopian and international politics of the 19 th century, one needs to simply make an analysis of world politics, particularly that of Horn of Africa, of that period.
Ras Alula Abba Nega Under Alula's leadership, Ethiopia expelled the invader and secured her status as the only nation in Africa to remain completely sovereign and autonomous from European rule. Ras Alula's legacy as a brilliant military leader places him with the greatest of African generals, second only to Hannibal.
Ras Alula (1847-1897) was Alula (Aba Naga), hence forward called "the lion of Gura," had proved capable of defending the empire. On 9th October , Yohanis appointed Alula ruler over Hamassen and Saraye and promoted.
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The author would like Ras Alula () was one of the Big Men or Telek Saw who played a prominent role in the making of modern Ethiopia. He was famous enough to be lamented by a British historian as, “the greatest leader that Abyssinia has produced since the death of Emperor Theodore in ”.
Ras Alula played a Professor Haggai Erlich's Ras Alula and the Scramble for Africa: A Political Biography has all the ingredients of personal drama. The life and times of this great Ethiopian political figure of the 19th century in its vicissitudes reflects some of the major issues in his period.
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Ras Alula and the other Ethiopian leaders have proven to the entire world the resolve and invincibility of Ethiopians, and Alula was overjoyed by the significant victory scored at Adwa by himself and by his fellow countrymen. Ras Alula Engida (1827 – of a biography of Ras Alula Aba Nega entitled Ethiopia and Eritrea During the Scramble for Africa () and a monograph on The Struggle over Eritrea (). He has also produced a dozen or so articles, chapters in books or conference papers, most of them on the history of Tigray.