Yaƙin Chelenqo

Yaƙin Chelenqo

Iri	faɗa
Bangare na	Nasarar Menelik II
Kwanan watan	9 ga Janairu, 1887
Wuri	Chelenqo (en)
Ƙasa	Emirate of Harar (en)
Participant (en)	Shewa (en) Emirate of Harar (en)

Yakin Chelenqo an yi shi ne a ranar 9 ga Janairun 1887 tsakanin sojojin Abyssiniya na Shewa karkashin Negus Menelik da sarki Abd Allah na II ibn 'Ali 'Abd ash-Shakur na Harar . An fatattaki sojojin Harari, sannan Negus Menelik ya mamaye birnin Harar.

Fage

Negus Menelik, a matsayin mayar da martani ga ikon Italiya na iko da sassan Eritriya da tashar Massawa, ya fara shigo da bindigogi da alburusai ta tashar jiragen ruwa na Djibouti da Faransa ke iko da shi . A shekarar 1886, Sarkin Harar Abd Allah ya hana safarar wadannan makamai ta yankunansa.

Kisan gillar da aka yiwa wani dan kasar Italiya mai binciken Count Pietro Porro da daukacin jam'iyyarsa a watan Afrilun shekarar 1886, bisa zarginsa da umarnin sarki, ya baiwa Negus uzuri na tafiya Harar. Menelik ya so ya mallaki birnin Harar na wani lokaci. Janar Menelik ya sha kashi a hannun sojojin Masarautar Harar a karshen shekarar 1886 a yakin Hirna . Amma Menelik zai sake yin wani yunkuri na biyu na mamaye Masarautar Harar a watan Janairun 1887 ya ba Abd Allah irin mulkin da Abba Jifar II na masarautar Jimma ya samu; Sarkin ya ki wannan tayin.

A cewar Abdullahi Mohammed, Sarkin Harar ya tara sojoji daga gundumomi daban-daban a cikin garin:

"In the war fought between Amir Abdullahi Muhammed (1885-87) and Emperor Menilik II, the army of the former seems to have been recruited from the city's four quarters: Assum Beri, Asma'din Bari, Badro Bari and Suqutat Bari."

Yaƙi

A cewar masanin tarihi El Amin Abdel Karim Ahmed:

"The Harari Chronicle maintains that Menilek and 'Abdullāhi became involved in an exchange of arrogant challenges just before the battle commenced. Menilek boasted about the numerical superiority of his forces while 'Abdullāhi reminded him of the forcefulness of is own men."

Sanin cewa ya fi shi yawa, kuma sojojinsa suna da makullan ashana ne kawai da ƴan bindiga kaɗan, sai sarki Abd Allah ya yanke shawarar kai hari da sanyin safiyar ranar Kirsimeti na Habasha (9 ga Janairu), yana tsammanin Shewan ba za su shirya ba kuma an cika su da abinci da barasa. Duk da haka, Negus Menelik ya damu da wani harin bazata, kuma ya kiyaye mutanensa a faɗake.

Amir ya yi kuskure wajen tantance ingancin wadannan sojoji kuma ya yi yunkurin sake maimaita nasarar da ya samu a baya da wani harin dare na biyu. "Idan da ya kyale abokan gaba su kai hari kan birnin mai katanga, inda 'yan bindigarsa na Krupp suka yi tasiri, da Shewans sun sha kashi mai tsanani da sakamakon siyasa," in ji Marcus. Mutanen Sarkin sun bude wuta da karfe 11:00 na safe. Nan take sojojin Shewan suka mayar da martani sannan ginshikin Makonnen ya lalata makaman makiya; cikin mintuna ashirin sojojin Menelik suka yi nasara. Menelik ya bi sarkin da ya koma Harar, wanda tsohon katangarsa ba za su dade da yin tir da harin nasa ba. Lokacin da Menelik ya isa Harar, Amir ya gudu tare da matansa da 'ya'yansa zuwa cikin jeji a gabashin Harar ya bar kawunsa Ali Abu Barka don yin shawarwarin mika wuya birnin. Da mamaya ne aka kawo karshen ‘yancin kai na Harar.

Sakamako

A karshe da ya ci Harar, Menelik ya fadada hanyoyin kasuwanci a cikin birnin, yana shigo da kayayyaki masu mahimmanci kamar makamai, da fitar da wasu kayayyaki masu daraja kamar kofi. Zai sanya dan uwansa, Makonnen Wolde Mikael ya mallaki birnin.