The Battle of Faggeta was fought in

Ethiopia Ethiopia, , om, Itiyoophiyaa, so, Itoobiya, ti, ኢትዮጵያ, Ítiyop'iya, aa, Itiyoppiya officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country in the Horn of Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the ...

at Faggeta Lekoma on 9 December 1769. Ras

Mikael Sehul Mikael Sehul (born Blatta Mikael; 1692 – 1784) was a nobleman who ruled Ethiopia for a period of 25 years as regent of a series of weak emperors. He was also a Ras or governor of Tigray 1748–71 and again from 1772 until his death. He was a m ...

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Tekle Haymanot II and Wand Bewossen fought and defeated Fasil of Damount in a large, costly battle.

Tekle Haymanot Abune Tekle Haymanot ( Ge'ez: አቡነ ተክለ ሃይማኖት; known in the Coptic Church as Saint Takla Haymanot of Ethiopia; 1215 – 1313) was an Ethiopian saint and monk mostly venerated as a hermit. He was the Abuna of Ethiopia who fo ...

is said to have camped at Dengel Ber on his march south against Fasil.

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Faggeta Battles of the Zemene Mesafint 1769 in Ethiopia 1769 in Africa Faggeta 18th century in Ethiopia {{battle-stub