RasGobena Dache (Amharic: ራስ ጎበና, Oromo: Goobanaa Daaccee; c. 1821 – July 1889) was an Ethiopian military commander under Menelik II and during his reign. An ethnic Oromo, he is known for campaigning against Oromo territory to incorporate more lands into the Ethiopian Empire in the late 19th century.[1]
sentiment of most Ethiopians toward Ras Gobana often correlates to 21st century Ethiopian politics. Ras Gobana is a controversial figure for some Oromo...
to expel the Shewans from the Muslim areas of Gurage until 1888 when GobanaDacche faced him in the Battle of Jebdu Meda where the Muslim Gurage army was...
1882. The Shewan was led by Ras GobanaDacche, and the Gojjame by Ras Darrasu, a deputy of Negus Tekle Haymanot; Ras Gobana had forced his opponent to surrender...
pressed him to handle the Mahdist threat first. The Abyssinians under Ras GobanaDacche did defeat the Mahdists in the Battle of Guté Dili in the province of...
after his victory at the Battle of Chelenqo. In 1889 Menelik's general GobanaDacche also defeated the Hadiya leader Hassan Enjamo and annexed Hadiya territory...
followers were finally defeated in 1889 by the Abyssinian forces led by Ras GobanaDacche. Although Hassan was able to flee to the Kingdom of Jimma following...
Khalil al-Khuzani is routed by an alliance of Shewan forces, under Ras GobanaDacche and Moroda Bekere, ruler of Leqa Naqamte. Only a handful, including...
example of this was the marriage between the renowned Oromo general Ras GobanaDacche, who led Menelik's armies in his re-conquest over much of the south...
Menelik's invading forces with no resistance. Native armed soldiers of Ras GobanaDacche, Ras Mikael Ali, Habtegyorgis Dinegde, Balcha Aba Nefso and were allied...
at the hill of Guté Dili, on 14 October 1888 the joint forces of Ras GobanaDacche and Moti Moroda Bekere defeated the invading army of Khalil al-Khuzani...
Menelik's indirect rule after the war. Earlier expeditions led by Ras GobanaDacche in 1882, Bashah Aboye between 1885-1889 and other officers in 1890 failed...
Welayta, and other peoples. He achieved this with the help of Ras GobanaDacche's Shewan Oromo militia, which occupied lands that had not been held since...
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