The British expedition to Abyssinia was a rescue mission and punitive expedition carried out in 1868 by the armed forces of the British Empire against the Ethiopian Empire. Emperor Tewodros II of Ethi
Tewodros' captives
British naval and support ships in the Gulf of Zula, December 1867
Elephants sent from India to transport the guns and shells for the expedition.
The Baloch Regiment in camp
Tekle Giyorgis II was Emperor of Ethiopia from 1868 to 1871. After being crowned, he linked himself to the last independent emperors of the Gondar line through his mother and sought support from the E
Portrait of Tekle Giyorgis II by Théophile Lefebvre [fr] early 1850s
Castle of Emperor Fasilides at Gondar. Tekle Giyorgis II invested greatly in the restoration of Gondar city and its monuments.