dervish-abyssinian

Updated: May 1, 2025

Internal difficulties within his dominions prevented the new Negus from resuming the offensive, and thus the Dervish-Abyssinian war dwindled down to, as it had arisen out of, frontier raids. The arrival in Omdurman of King John's head intoxicated the Khalifa with joy.

Winston Churchill - The River War : An Account of the Reconquest of the Sudan