Ethiopia: The Sack of Gondar & Battle of Debre Sin
In spite of initially calm relations, the Mahdist state will engage in two brutal battles against the Ethiopian Empire. If one believes in the idea of a single "Mahdist War", then these two battles were among its largest, its most brutal, and perhaps its most devastating. This video tells the story of first of these two battles and, continuing the Ethiopia series, places it in a broader narrative of late-19th Century Ethiopian politics.
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Thank you to Kevin Macleod, Johannes Bornlöf, Kai Engel, Jahzzar, and Chris Zabriskie for composing the excellent music that helps make my presentations wok!
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Chapters:
0:00 Political Context
4:25 History of Gallabat
8:20 Buildup To The Gallabat Conflict
13:55 The Battle of Debra Sin
Sources:
UNESCO General History of Africa
Cambidge General History
A History of Ethiopia
Layers of time - A History of Ethiopia
The Hewett Mission to Abyssinia, 1884. Part II
"Transborder" Exchanges of People, Things, and Representations: Revisiting the Conflict Between Mahdist Sudan and Christian Ethiopia
Ethiopia and the Madiyya - You call me a chicken?.pdf
Yohannes IV, the Mahdists, and the Colonial Partition of NorthEast Africa
For God for Emperor And Country! The Evolution of Ethiopia's Nineteenth Century Military
Firearms and Princely Power in Ethiopia
The Unification of Ethiopia (1880-1935) Wälläga
Trade, Islam, and the Mahdia in Northwestern Wallagā, Ethiopia
The Aymälläl Gurage in the nineteenth century: a political history
EMPEROR YOHANNIS' CAMPAIGN IN GOJJAM, AUGUST 1888 TO FEBRUARY 1889
Two African Battles II - The Battle of Galabat
Warfare and Armed Conflicts: A Statistical Encyclopedia of Casualty and Other Figures, 1492-2015, 4th ed.
The Sudanese Mahdia and the Outside World: 1881-9
AN HISTORICAL STUDY OF THE SHAWAN AMHARA CONQUEST OF THE OROMO and SIDAMA REGIONS
The Trade of Northern Ethiopia in the Nineteenth and early Twentieth Centuries
CONFLICT AND CO-OPERATION BETWEEN ETHIOPIA AND THE MAHDIST STATE, 1884 - 1898
THE HISTORY OF GALLABAT
The Tekruri Shiekhs of Gallabat (S. E. Sudan)
Takrūr The History of a Name
Contemporary Ethiopian Painting in Traditional Style Beginning and Change
The Rise of the Kingdom of Shewa, 1813-1889
A History of Addis Ababa, 1886-1910
A Political Biography of Ras Alula 1875 - 1897
Ten Years' Captivity in the Mahdi's Camp, 1882-1892: From the Original, especially around Page 266
Mahdiism and the Egyptian Sudan: Being an Account of the Rise and Progress, especially around page 331 and 439. Lots of maps on this source too.
Fire and Sword in the Sudan, Especially around page 440
Modern Abyssinia, Especially around page 36
The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, Especially Around Page 258
The Egyptian Soudan, Its Loss and Its Recovery, Volume 3, especially around page 31
Narrative of Captivity in Abyssinia
A Contemporary Biography of Ras Alula: A Ge'ez Manuscript from Mänäwē, Tämbēn--I
A Contemporary Biography of Ras Alula: A Ge'ez Manuscript from Mänäwē, Tämbēn--II
Further Reading:
The Origins of the Ethiopian-Egyptian Border Problem in the Nineteenth Century
Ethiopia's Economic And Cultural Ties With The Sudan From The Middle Ages To The Mid-Nineteenth Century
A Prisoner of the Khaleefa - Twelve Years' Captivity at Omdurman
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Hidden history i really appreciate your work you tell us a lot of things that we didn't know about our history.
@hiddenhist
4 жыл бұрын
Lots of really interesting content to discuss with this time period. Im happy to be able to talk about this period of history from a different perspective than is usually told. If you’re feeling adventurous, be sure to check out the sources in the description. There are alot in this episode, to be fair though.
@AskiatheGreat64
2 жыл бұрын
@@hiddenhist kzread.info/dash/bejne/nHmas8lrnpfKndY.html
5:30 Takrur was derived originally from the Kingdom of Takrur along the Senegal river and it was the earliest West African state to convert to Islam. Consequentially the name "Takrur" became associated with African Muslims.
@hiddenhist
4 жыл бұрын
Yeah i probably should’ve just said that instead of “the word is an eponym blah blah blah”
@teddyissak2720
2 жыл бұрын
In Ethiopia, the word Tukrir was used to refer to the nomadic tribes who came from the sahel and remnant of hajji pilgrims who stayed in mettema (western part of Gondar)
Absolutely love this channel man, you are doing an amazing job, and don't think we don't appreciate it.
Great video surprised you didn’t mention when Yohannes accidentally called the Mahdist leader a chicken because of a bad translation. Some people say it led to worse relations between them which is quite funny
@vivaedf7539
3 жыл бұрын
😂😂😂😂
Well done! This is very informative and I can't wait until the next one!
Awesome video as always! I greatly appreciate the depth and detail in both your narration and illustrations.
Awesome Great Work Like Always keep it Coming I can't get enough
Thank you very much for your effort.
Love the Ethiopian series! Keep up the good work
Great vid
Thank you so much!👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽please share more videos of the ethiopian expansion to the south , Hadiya, kenbata, Oromia ect🙏🏼🙏🏼
I'm learning history , you are amazing Thanks!!!
Sade but good story to know specially the way you explain where gallabat is know is a perfect idea
Thank you for this video as a sudanese and Mahadist history enthusiast, I wasn't aware of the battle of Debra Sin. Keep up the good work
@hailehaile8229
2 ай бұрын
oh you again the master of yapping
@darkzi1431
2 ай бұрын
@@hailehaile8229 who are you again?
the end song made me 😢
MUY BUEN VIDEO. GRACIAS, MUCHAS GRACIAS POR COMPARTIR LA HISTORIA DE ETIOPÍA DE FORMA AMENA E ILUSTRADA. Gracias por habilitar subtítulos en ESPAÑOL. Saludos desde Barinas, VENEZUELA.
I looked at your sources but was wondering what would be your recommendations for the one or two best books on the mahdist war?
Every time I hear "Tekl Haimanot" I think it sounds like a native American name lmao Anyway, great video as always, your editing never ceases to amaze me.
@hiddenhist
4 жыл бұрын
thanks mate. Im slowly working to increase video quality to the standards of professionalism :)
@FirstNameLastName-uu9qv
4 жыл бұрын
Hobel slight correction tekle haymanot is in Geez. Tekle meaning foundation or root and haymanot meaning religion we also have the name in Eritrea in the Tigrinya language
@theprodigy2236
3 жыл бұрын
@@FirstNameLastName-uu9qv tekel not tekle they pronounced different
@konnen4518
3 жыл бұрын
@Hobel that’s a literal translation not what the actual meaning of the name
nice
Cool
yay
Video on Christian Nubia when?
@hiddenhist
4 жыл бұрын
When i want to make it
Dont mess with us🇸🇩🏴🇬🇦
@Yeswecan787
3 ай бұрын
Don’t mess with us 🇪🇹🌳🦁
@Hamada-sdn
3 ай бұрын
@@Yeswecan787 Yall got packed
@hailehaile8229
2 ай бұрын
@@Hamada-sdn we?
@Hamada-sdn
Ай бұрын
@@hailehaile8229 ye
Tekle Haymanot died before the 1800s
@Zeyede_Seyum
3 жыл бұрын
@@zalatanibra3319 He was the king of Gojjam.
@yababryant5190
3 жыл бұрын
@@zalatanibra3319 ik the saint died long before the 18s but the king did die in the 18s
Mehdist were the true heroes and allies of persecuted Muslim Habesha/Ethiopians, salute
@nadriahassani9634
3 жыл бұрын
They Believed there leader was the mehdi. That’s kinda haram. But there aim to get rid of the west was good.
@rezenegebreab4743
3 жыл бұрын
That is a myth. That isn't true. What a mocker you are?.
@nadriahassani9634
3 жыл бұрын
Rezene Gebreab are u okay? I said they were trying to get rid of England from Sudan. That was good but everything else they stood for was wrong
@rezenegebreab4743
3 жыл бұрын
@@nadriahassani9634 Mehdists fought for their own interest. Not to help Ethiopian Muslims.
@rezenegebreab4743
3 жыл бұрын
@@nadriahassani9634 And there were no persecuted Ethiopian Muslims by the time. Where did you get this information.
Gg??
Sad current day Ethiopians either deny or are indifferent of their own history. Instead they try to imitate US American English. lol
@user-qn2ee4yq4n
4 жыл бұрын
The story is not complete yet... Be patient... Don't be quick to critisize
@lamrof
4 жыл бұрын
@@user-qn2ee4yq4n - What does patience has to do with it.
@zeru2306
4 жыл бұрын
Mehdist were the true heroes and allies of persecuted Muslim Habesha, salute
@themagician8851
3 жыл бұрын
Not all of us are like that. However, being smart and inquisitive has gone out of style these days. When unsure play the victim is the Moto of the day
Smoke weed everyday
@theprodigy2236
3 жыл бұрын
@Yo ni habesha nesh man
Can u speak more on the oppressed Oromos?
@M1ndfulJourney
3 жыл бұрын
The oromos migration is better history lots of oromos don't about that one.
This entire history is Abyssinian history. Not Ethiopian history. Right after this battles with Atse Yohanis and right after they utterly destroyed any Highlander governments the Europeans proceeded to construct an Ethiopian kingdom by Assisting king menelik who was the enemy of Tigray and Atse yohanis to split Abyssinians into Tigray, Amhara, and Eritrea and turned them into colonial provinces of newly crafted European owned Ethiopia. One thing we should never forget is that the Tigrayans since the death of King Yohanis have till this day fought Ethiopians for independence. But the same European individuals continue to support the Ethiopian entity who maintains European hegemony over Ethiopia and refuse to grant Abyssinians and Somalis and other Ethiopian tribes an exist from Ethiopia.
@FirstNameLastName-uu9qv
4 жыл бұрын
The death of Yowhannes was the beginning of the curse of us Tigrayans living in Eritrea and our other half living in Ethiopia. Italy and menelik worked hard to make us hate each other and succeed. To this day we are the most divided ethnic group on the planet even though we know we are one people none of us admits it and we both call each other traitors.
@godsplan8959
3 жыл бұрын
G H idiot jelae weyane is elite gourp may 7 or 8 nothing have to do with the history of our ppl . Coward
@gellegrainja8872
3 жыл бұрын
Vad är en planterad tojan...?...!...?
@xmediabox
3 жыл бұрын
You have to be crazy or really a fool, don't try to twist the real story, fact is what Ethiopia is today what was before Abyssinia. Menilik united with our brothers snd Sisters from South Ethiopians even we arr one Family with Somalian and Sudanese are our
@A.D.540
3 жыл бұрын
@@xmediabox so you telling me before menelik 2 Ethiopia controlled ogadon, south oromo, southern nation nationality & gambela.