1886 battle between the Ethiopian Empire and Emirate of Harar
Battle of Hirna
Part of Menelik's Expansions
Date
October 1886
Location
Hirna, Chercher, Emirate of Harar
Result
Harari victory
Belligerents
Shewa
Emirate of Harar
Commanders and leaders
Dejazmach Walda Gabriel
Bakri Salih
The Battle of Hirna was an engagement fought in October 1886 between the Abyssinian army of Shewa under Dejazmach Walda Gabriel and officer Bakri Salih of the Emirate of Harar.[1] The Shewan forces were routed.[2][3]
^Ahmed, Wehib. History of Harar and Hararis(PDF). p. 93.
^Asnake, Gossa. A History of Hirna Town from Its Foundation Up to 1991. Addis Ababa University. pp. 13–14.
^Cerulli, Enrico. Folk-literature of the Galla of Southern Abyssinia. Peabody Museum of Harvard university.
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