Yaƙin Katole

Yaƙin Katole wani yaƙin soji ne tsakanin sojojin Angola na Portugal da Masarautar Matamba. An yi yakin ne a ranar 4 ga watan Satumba 1681 a Katole da ke a yau Angola.Battell, page 177

 Gabatar da yaƙi 
Masarautar Matamba, wacce aka fi sani da Masarautar Matamba da Ndongo, tana cikin yankin da ke gabashin Angola a yau. Jarumar Sarauniya Nzinga ce ta kirkira ta ta hanyar cin nasarar mulkinta a shekarar 1631 daga BaKongo vassal. A cikin tsakiyar ƙarni na 17, Sarauniya Nzinga ta yi yaki da ‘yan mulkin mallaka na Portugal da ke Angola don dawo da ƙaragar mulki da kuma kare al’ummarta, Mbundu, daga cinikin bayi. A shekara ta 1657, sarauniya ta dawo da babban birninta na gargajiya kuma ta kawo ƙarshen yakin da Angola ta samu. Bayan mutuwarta a shekara ta 1663, masarautar da ta yi gwagwarmaya sosai don kafa ta shiga yakin basasa. Yakin bai kare ba sai a shekara ta 1680 lokacin da Francisco Guterres Ngola kannini, ɗan wan Njinga, ya kayar da ɗaya daga cikin tsoffin kwamandojin innarsa ya zama sarki.Battell, page 177

 Casus belli 
A shekara ta 1681, sarki Francisco ya mamaye masarautar Ibangala dake makwabtaka da Kassanje domin ɗora dan takararsa kan ƙaragar mulki. Yayin da yake yakin, ya yi wa pombeiros fashi, jami'an bautar Afro-Portuguese, kuma ya fille kan mai mulkin masarautar. Hakan ya fusata ‘yan ƙasar Portugal, waɗanda tun farko ba su taba jin daɗin Matamba mai zaman kansa ba. Nan da nan Fotigal ta aika da nasara a yakin Mbwila, Luís Lopes de Sequeira, don murkushe masarautar.Battell, page 177

 Yaƙi 
A ranar 4 ga watan Satumba, 1681, Sequeira ya isa Katole, wanda ya kasance tafiya ta kwana uku daga masarautar kabasa ko fada. Ya zo da sojoji sama da dubu goma har ma da wani ƙaramin dawaki (kusan ba a ji ba a yakin Afrika ta tsakiya). Sojojin Sarki Francisco sun same shi wani lokaci kafin wayewar gari a wannan rana. A cikin yakin, an kashe Sequeira da Francisco.  Sojojin Matamba sun ja da baya, kuma 'yan Portugal sun sami nasarar da'awar aƙalla nasara ta dabara ta hanyar riƙe matsayinsu.Battell, page 177

 Bayan haka 
Duk da ɗaukar filin, wanda tun farko bai taɓa zama manufa ba, hasarar da Portugal ta yi ya kai ga kawo ƙarshen mamaye babban birnin Matamba. Bayan sun yi sansani a Katole na kusan kwanaki talatin, Portuguese da abokansu na Afirka sun yi ritaya zuwa Mbaka ƙarƙashin jagorancin João António de Brito.Battell, page 177

 Duba kuma 

 Tarihin Angola
 Masarautar Matamba
 Tsarin soja na Afirka zuwa 1800

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