Battle of Amba Jebelli
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The Battle of Amba Jebelli was fought in 1854 between the forces of Kassa Hailu (later known as Tewodros II, and the forces of Biru Goshu of Gojjam. Kassa was victorious.
This battle was fought in Gojjam, in the modern Misraq Gojjam Zone. Jebelli is one of two fortified mountaintops in the valley of the Chamwaga River, and was frequently used as a stronghold of the rulers of Gojjam.[1]
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- ^ C.F. Beckingham and G.W.B. Huntingford, Some records of Ethiopia, 1593-1646 (London: Hakluyt Society, 1954), p. 238
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