Tekle Haymanot, according to Oromo tradition, had…

Tekle Haymanot, according to Oromo tradition, had been captured by a slave named Sambato, who did not know the identity of his prisoner.

Ras Mangasha Atikam did recognize Sambato's prisoner, bought his captive for ten Maria Theresa thalers, and led him to Ras Gobana's tent.

Gobana, on seeing the Negus, called to him in Amharic, "Gojjame, bring me the plate!"—responding to a boast Tekle Haymanot had made before the two armies had clashed: "After the battle Ras Gobana will carry my mitad [baking tray] back to Gojjam."

Sambato also receives his freedom and is made a fitawrari (equivalent to a baron) for capturing the enemy negus.

However, Emperor Yohannes IV, their overlord, is outraged at his two vassals openly at war with each other and marches to Were Ilu, just inside Menelik's borders, where he demands the release of Tekle Haymanot and his family.

Here the Emperor hammers out a compromise: Yohannes will take Agawmeder from Negus Tekle Haymanot and Wollo from Negus Menelik; Menelik will surrender the arms he captured to Yohannes' lieutenant Ras Alula Engida; and a peace is cemented with several dynastic marriages, including Negus Menelik to the daughter of a noble family from the Emperor's own domain, Taitu Betul.