Massawa or Mitsiwa (/məˈsɑːwə/ mə-SAH-wə) is a port city in the Northern Red Sea region of Eritrea, located on the Red Sea at the northern end of the...

Beginning in 1885–1890, Italian troops systematically spread out from Massawa toward the highlands, eventually resulting in the formation of the colony...

The Battle of Massawa was an armed encounter between the Portuguese Empire and the Adal Sultanate near Massawa in 1541. The Adalites destroyed the Portuguese...

Battle of Massawa may refer to: Battle of Massawa (1541) Battle of Massawa (1977) Battle of Massawa (1990) This disambiguation page lists articles associated...

1887 and 1932 during the Italian Eritrea colony and connects the port of Massawa with Asmara. Originally it also connected to Bishia. The line was partly...

Battle of Massawa (also known as Operation Fenkil and as the Fenkil offensive) took place in 1990 in and around the coastal city of Massawa. The offensive...

Massawa International Airport (IATA: MSW, ICAO: HHMS) is an airport in Massawa, a major city in the Northern Red Sea region of Eritrea. It is considered...

mar rosso) was part of the Regia Marina (Italian Royal Navy) based at Massawa in the colony of Italian Eritrea, part of Italian East Africa. During the...

The Asmara-Massawa Cableway was a cableway (or "ropeway") built in Italian Eritrea before World War II.The Eritrean Ropeway, completed in 1937, ran 71...

The Massawa Circuit is a cycling race held annually in Massawa, Eritrea since 2016. It is rated 1.2 and is part of UCI Africa Tour. "2016 Massawa Circuit"...

Massawa Subregion is a subregion in the Northern Red Sea region (Zoba Semienawi Keyih Bahri) of Eritrea. Its capital lies at Massawa. The district has...

romanized: Masjid aṣ-Ṣaḥābah)[citation needed] is a mosque in the city of Massawa, Eritrea. According to local tradition, the mosque dates to the early 7th...

The First Battle of Massawa took place from 1977 to 1978 in and around the coastal city of Massawa. The port was besieged by the Eritrean People's Liberation...

east of Massawa; the attackers caused only superficial damage to one ship. Kimberley forced Francesco Nullo aground on an island near Massawa, at the...

Incumbent Notes Massawa Ottoman Province 1687 — 1663 Keki Abdi Pasha, Na’ib of Arkiko, Wali of Massawa Na’ib of Arkiko, Wali of Massawa 1693–1693 Mehmed...

Company in 1869, which came under government control in 1882. Occupation of Massawa in 1885 and the subsequent expansion of territory would gradually engulf...

retrace his steps to Massawa, although pausing to attack the port of El-Tor on the Sinai Peninsula.[citation needed] Once back at Massawa, Gama found the men...

the airline, which operated domestic routes between Asmara, Assab and Massawa. Red Sea Air had a fleet of BAC 1-11s The airline operated from 1988 to...

Navy was founded, and its first (and primary) base was established at Massawa in 1956. The navy took delivery of its first ship in 1957. By the early...

colonial capital of Italian Eritrea at Asmara and the Red Sea port of Massawa, which surrendered to the British after the battle. Colonised by the Italians...

Suakin and Massawa were occupied by Özdemir Pasha, who had been appointed beylerbey in 1555, and the province of Habesh was formed in 1557. Massawa being of...

intervention of the Portuguese transformed the flow of events. They landed at Massawa in 1541 and helped the Eritreans and Ethiopians to drive the Imams forces...

Mario Bonetti—the Italian commander of the Red Sea Flotilla based at Massawa—realized that the British would overrun his harbor. In the first week of...

with the port of Massawa; however, it was nonoperational since 1978 except for about a 5 kilometre stretch that was reopened in Massawa in 1994. Rehabilitation...

leopard skins from the chief of the Dahlak islands (off the coast from Massawa). Kamal Suleiman Salibi A History of Arabia p. 108 Caravan Books, 1980...

in Sudan. These forces played a critical role in the Second Battle of Massawa when they sank several Ethiopian warships in the harbor. At the close of...

it annexed the port of Massawa in Eritrea on the Red Sea from the crumbling Egyptian Empire. Italian annexation of Massawa denied the Ethiopian Empire...

millennium and enjoyed some importance as it stood on the trade route to Massawa. Asmara first rose to prominence during the 20th century, when it became...

437 June 13, 1937 Khartoum, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan Massawa, Italian East Africa 400 June 14, 1937 Massawa, Italian East Africa Assab, Italian East Africa...

have shot down 41 Japanese aircraft. Wallin had been assigned to go to Massawa in East Africa. The harbor there was blocked by scuttled Italian and German...