Bahta Hagos

Dejazmatch

Bahta Hagos
DiedDecember 19, 1894
Halai, Italian Eritrea
Buried
Segheneyti
AllegianceItalian Eritrea
Battles / warsBattle of Halai

Bahta Hagos (Ge'ez: ባህታ ሓጎስ; died December 19, 1894), was Dejazmach of Akkele Guzay, and retrospectively considered an important leader of Eritrean resistance to foreign domination specifically against northern Ethiopian and Italian colonialism.[1][2] He was born sometime between 1839 and 1850 into a rich peasant family in the town of Segheneyti and was killed in the Battle of Halai against the Italian Colonial Army on December 19, 1894. He was of the Tsena-Degle Tigrinyas, from Akele Guzay.[1][3][4]

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