Massawa or Mitsiwa (/məˈsɑːwə/ mə-SAH-wə; Tigrinya: ምጽዋዕ, romanized: Məṣṣəwaʿ; Tigre: ባጸዕ, Baṣäʿ or ባድዕ, Badəʿ; Ge'ez: ምጽዋ; Arabic: مَصَّوَع; Italian:...
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Beginning in 1885–1890, Italian troops systematically spread out from Massawa toward the highlands, eventually resulting in the formation of the colony...
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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...
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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...
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Battle of Massawa may refer to: Battle of Massawa (1541) Battle of Massawa (1977) Battle of Massawa (1990) This disambiguation page lists articles associated...
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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...
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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...
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Eritrean Railway (redirect from Massawa-Asmara Railway)
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...
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Championships 3rd Massawa Circuit 5th Asmara Circuit 2017 (1) African Road Championships 1st Time trial 1st Team time trial 2nd Massawa Circuit 4th Asmara...
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Mosque of the Companions (redirect from Masjid as-Sahabah, Massawa')
romanized: Masjid aṣ-Ṣaḥābah)[citation needed] is a mosque in the city of Massawa, Eritrea. Possibly dating to the early 7th century C.E., it is believed...
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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 in Eritrea...
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East African campaign (World War II) (section Massawa)
east of Massawa; the attackers caused only superficial damage to one ship. Kimberley forced Francesco Nullo aground on an island near Massawa, at the...
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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"...
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The First Battle of Massawa took place from 1977 to 1978 in and around the coastal city of Massawa in Eritrea. The port was besieged by the Eritrean People's...
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Battle of Keren (section Massawa)
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...
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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...
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Company in 1869, which came under government control in 1882. Occupation of Massawa in 1885 and the subsequent expansion of territory would gradually engulf...
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(and primary) base—the Haile Selassie I Naval Base—was established at Massawa in 1956. The navy took delivery of its first ship in 1957. By the early...
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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...
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to retrace his steps to Massawa, although pausing to attack the port of El-Tor on the Sinai Peninsula. Once back at Massawa, Gama found the men he had...
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List of colonial governors of Eritrea (section Habesh Eyaleti (Ottoman Province of Habesh) / Massawa Province)
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...
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Scuttling (section Blockade of Massawa (1941))
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...
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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...
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Portuguese commanded by António Correia, who had mutinied and gone ashore at Massawa. After the Portuguese conducted a large-scale naval expedition to Suez...
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was fought on 26 January 1887 between Italy and Ethiopia in Dogali near Massawa, in present-day Eritrea. The Italians, after their unification in 1861...
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437 June 13, 1937 Khartoum, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan Massawa, Italian East Africa 400 June 14, 1937 Massawa, Italian East Africa Assab, Italian East Africa...
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various parts of the Red Sea. Until 1855 he served as French consul at Massawa, when he moved to Keren where he spent the next six years exploring the...
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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...
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Indies and the Red Sea Flotilla of the Italian Regia Marina operating from Massawa. Axis naval forces gave a high priority to disrupting Allied trade in the...
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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...
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