Battle of Wad Kaltabu

Battle of Wad Kaltabu
Part of Ottoman–Ethiopian border conflicts
Date22 April 1837
(188 years, 10 months, 3 weeks and 1 day)
Location
Wad Kaltabu, Ottoman Empire
(near Rashid, Al Qadarif, now Sudan)
Result Decisive Ethiopian victory
Belligerents

Ethiopian Empire

Ottoman Empire

Commanders and leaders
Kenfu Hailu
Kassa Hailu		 Ahmad Khashif
Salim Efendi 
Ali Agha al-Sahbi  Unknown officer(s) of the regulars (MIA)

Sheikh Miri †
Strength
20,000 1,500
Casualties and losses
Unknown Heavy

The Battle of Wad Kaltabu, also known as the Battle of Kalnabu, was a military engagement fought on 22 April 1837 between the forces of Kenfu Haile Giorgis, a nobleman of Dembiya, and an Ottoman-Egyptian force led by Ahmad Kashif. Due to the similarities between the Battle of Gallabat (1837) (the first battle at Gallabat), and Wadkaltabu which would occur a month later, the two events are often conflated and details mixed up.

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