Ethio-British negotiations concerning the Western border with Sudan, 1896-1902

The author wishes to thank the United States Government for a Smith-Mundt Grant which supported his research in the diplomatic history of Ethiopia. He also wishes to thank Mesfin Waldemariam, Lecturer in Geography at the University College of Addis Ababa, for his invaluable aid in identifying obscure geographic locations. Archival materials used in this article were drawn from the microfilmed archival library of Professor Sven Rubenson of Haile Sellassie I University.