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You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. The Portuguese musketeers aimed their fire only at the Muslim musketeers, who had played a decisive part at Wofla—and at Imam Ahmad himself. Using the arms stockpiled at Debre Damo, the Portuguese were able to rearm themselves; with the promise of their ability, Gelawdewos was able to raise a new army, which met Ahmad Gragn at Wayna Daga.

Wikidata item. Portuguese Empire Ethiopian Empire. Read Edit View history. Article Talk. Royal Geographical Society. Prelude [ edit ]. Contents move to sidebar hide. He also learned from the Bahr negus that Queen Seble Wongel was camped nearby on top of a mountain that Ahmed had not been able to reduce by siege. The Portuguese suffered over fifty wounded, chiefly by matchlock bullets; but their enemy paid heavily and the field was full of them: "The Abyssinians recognised four of the principal Captains of the King of Zeila; there lay dead on the field forty horses and 'thirty Turks'.

After the victory, the Christian army wanted to rest, but the local ruler advised them not to due to the bad condition of the environment and to instead return to Ethiopian controlled land. Als PDF herunterladen Druckversion. Battle of Jarte. From the camp our artillery killed some horsemen, and wounded many Moors.

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Reinforced with a superiority not only in numbers but in firearms, Imam Ahmad was victorious and forced the Portuguese, along with Queen Seble Wongel and her retinue, to flee their fortified encampment and leave their weapons behind. Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description is different from Wikidata Pages using infobox person with multiple parents Biography with signature Articles with hCards.

Romanos around Christmas of , [ 9 ] and celebrated Epiphany in the province of Agame January Gama, his arm broken from a bullet, was captured that night with 14 companions by an Adal patrol. However, Ahmed Gragn turned down this request and killed da Gama with his own hands just hours after capturing him.

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Date 4 to 16 April In other projects. References [ edit ]. Nendeln, Liechtenstein: Kraus Reprint, , pp. References [ edit ]. Sines , Kingdom of Portugal. Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description matches Wikidata Ethiopia articles missing geocoordinate data All articles needing coordinates Articles missing coordinates without coordinates on Wikidata.