The Muslims have recovered sufficiently by the…

1528 CE to 1539 CE

The Muslims have recovered sufficiently by the sixteenth century to break through from the east into Ethiopia's central highlands.

Led by the charismatic Imam Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi (1506-43), the Muslims pour into Ethiopia, using scorched-earth tactics that decimated the population of the country.

A Portuguese expedition led by Cristóvão da Gama, a son of Vasco da Gama who is looking for the Prester John of medieval European folklore—a Christian, African monarch of vast dominions—arrives from the sea and saves Ethiopia.

The joint Portuguese-Ethiopian force uses cannon to rout the Muslims, whose imam dies on the battlefield.

Locations
Zeila (Zaila) Woqooyi Galbeed Somalia View →

People
Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi View → Cristóvão da Gama View → Vasco da Gama View →

Groups
Arab people View → Somalis View → Persian people View → Islam View → Portuguese people View → Ifat, Sultanate of View → Ethiopia, Solomonid Dynasty of View → Portugal, Avizan (Joannine) Kingdom of View → Adal Sultanate View → Ottoman Empire View → Adal, Sultanate of View → Christians, Assyrian (Assyrian Church of the East) View → Adal Sultanate View → Abyssinia (also called "Mecca and Medina"), Ottoman eyalet of View → Ethiopia, Solomonid Dynasty of View → Ethiopia, Solomonid Dynasty of View → Ethiopia, Solomonid Dynasty of View →

Topics
Interaction with Subsaharan Africa, Early European View → Abyssinian–Adal war View → Sub-Saharan Africa, Modern View →

Subjects
Commerce View → Labor and Service View → Conflict View → Faith View → Government View → Scholarship View →

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