Ethiopian–Adal War
The Ethiopian–Adal War or Abyssinian–Adal War, also known in Arabic as the "Futuḥ al-Ḥabash" (Arabic: فتوح الحبش, conquest of Abyssinia), was a military conflict between the Christian Ethiopian Empire and the Muslim Adal Sultanate from 1529 to 1543. The Christian Ethiopian troops consisted of the Amhara, Tigrayans, Tigrinya and Agaw people, and at the closing of the war, supported by a few hundred Portuguese musketmen. Whereas Adal forces were mainly composed of Harla, Somali, Afar, as well as Arab and Turkish gunmen. Both sides at times would see the Maya mercenaries join their ranks.: 188
| Ethiopian–Adal War | |||||||||
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| Part of the Somali-Portuguese conflicts, Ottoman–Portuguese conflicts (1538–1560) | |||||||||
Early 20th century folk drawing of Cristóvão da Gama and Imam Ahmad's deaths. | |||||||||
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Ethiopian Empire Portuguese Empire (1541–43) |
Adal Sultanate Ottoman Empire (1542–43) | ||||||||
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Dawit II # Gelawdewos Wasan Sagad † Eslamu † Takla Iyasus † Robēl † Cristóvão da Gama |
Ahmad ibn Ibrahim † Nur ibn Mujahid Matan ibn Uthman † Abu Bakr Qatin Bati del Wambara Ahmed Girri Wazir Abbas | ||||||||
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