Battle of Wad Kaltabu

Battle of Wad Kaltabu
	Part of Ottoman–Ethiopian border conflicts
Date	22 April 1837 ; (188 years, 1 month and 1 week)
Location	Wad Kaltabu, Ottoman Empire ; (now Sudan)
Result	Ethiopian victory
Belligerents
Ethiopian Empire Dembiya;	Ottoman Empire Eyalet of Egypt;
Commanders and leaders
Kenfu Hailu	Ahmad Khashif; Salim Efendi ; Ali Agha al-Sahbi
Strength
20,000	1,500
Casualties and losses
Unknown	Heavy

The Battle of Wad Kaltabu was a military engagement fought on 22 April 1837 between the forces of Kenfu Haile Giorgis, a nobleman of Dembiya, and an Ottoman-Egyptian force led by Ahmad Kashif. The defeat nearly lead to an invasion of Ethiopia, which would not occur until the Ethiopian–Egyptian War.