In 1857 an agreement was entered into by Dejaj Negusye, a chief of Tigre, in revolt against the Negus[?] Theodore of Abyssinia[?], to cede Zula to the French. Negusye was defeated by Theodore, and the commander of a French cruiser sent to Annesley Bay in 1859 found the country in a state of anarchy. No further steps were taken by France to assert its sovereignty, and Zula with the neighbouring coast passed, nominally, to Egypt in 1866.[?] Zula was the place where the British expedition of 1867 — 68 against Theodore disembarked, Annesley Bay affording safe and ample anchorage for the largest ocean-going vessels. A road was built by the British from Zula to Senafe[?] on the Abyssinian plateau. The authority of Egypt having lapsed, an Italian protectorate over the district of Zula was proclaimed in 1888, and in 1890 it was incorporated into the colony of Eritrea.
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