The Battle of Gura was fought on 7–10 March 1876 between the Ethiopian Empire and the Khedivate of Egypt near the town of Gura in Eritrea. It was the second and decisive major battle of the Ethiopian–

Yohannes IV was Emperor of Ethiopia from 1871 until his death in 1889 at the Battle of Gallabat, and king of Tigray from 1869 to 1871. During his reign, he repelled a large-scale Egyptian invasion and