 Rambai muchinyora ndima iyi - Akatungamira hondo dzakawanda dzekuwana kuzvitonga kweEthiopia, kusanganisira Dogali neAdwa. Mukushandira Emperor Yohannes IV, Ras Alula akakunda vaIjipita muGundet 1875, Gura 1876, Aylet 1887, Senhit 1880, vachipesana nemaMahdists eSudan, Kufit 1885, Metema 1889 vachipesana nemaItaly, Sahatit 1887, Dogali1887, Amba-Alaje 1889, Mekelle 1896 uye Adwa 1896. Apo Yohannes akadzoka kubva kuhondo yake isina kubudirira muSaati, akapinda uye akaparadza Gojjam nokuda kwezvinangwa zvokupandukira zvaMambo Tekle Haymanot Tessema. 