ANNEXATION OF HARRAR, 1874.
Harrar annexed, 1874.The province of Harrar was annexed by an expedition under Rauf Pasha, whom, it may be remembered, Gordon had relieved at Gondokoro in 1874. After the death of Emir Ahmed, Sultan of Harrar, mentioned by the traveller Burton, the inhabitants made Khalifa Sitra Emir. He was deposed after a three days’ reign by Mohammed; the latter oppressed his subjects, favouring the Galla tribes, and bullying the Mussulmans. The people asked the Khedive to take possession, and in the year 1874, Rauf Pasha, being sent up for the purpose, met with little opposition. He began his government by the unnecessary act of causing the Sultan to be strangled. The Sultan’s son went to Cairo to complain, but nothing was done.