Draft:Battle of Adal (15th century)

Battle of Adal
Date	Between 1413 & 1423
Location	Adal, Ethiopia
Result	Adalite victory
Belligerents
Ethiopian Empire	Adal Sultanate
Commanders and leaders
Dawit I	Sabr ad-Din III
Strength
Unknown	Unknown
Casualties and losses
Many christian nobles	Minimal

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Last edited by WereSpielChequers (talk | contribs) 3 days ago. (Update)

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The Battle of Adäl was a fifteenth century military engagement fought between the Ethiopian Empire and the emerging Adal Empire under Sabr ad-Din III.^[1]

Prelude[edit]

After the success of Sabr ad-Din III at the Battle of Zikr Amhara and at the Battle of Serjan, he sent a year later his brother and one of his commanders to deal with an enormous christian force numbering 200,000 men, his brother was victorious at the Battle of Retwa.

Battle[edit]

After the success at the Battle of Retwa, Sabr ad-Din proceeded to Dawit's headquarters in Adal where a fierce battle was fought in which many christian nobles fell, after which Sabr ad-Din put their headquarters in flames.^[1]^[2]

The victorious Sultan then returned to his capital, but gave orders to his followers to continue, and extend, the war. He entrusted his brother Muhammad with the task of capturing a fort at Barut, and subsequently instructed one of his commanders, Omar, to raid the land of Jab.^[1]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c Pankhurst, Richard (1997). The Ethiopian Borderlands: Essays in Regional History from Ancient Times to the End of the 18th Century. The Red Sea Press. p. 56. ISBN 978-0-932415-19-6.
^ Al-Makrizi.), Ahmad (Ibn Ali (1790). Historia regum Islamiticorum in Abyssinia (in Arabic). Sam. et Joh. Luchtmans.

[:0-1] Pankhurst, Richard (1997). The Ethiopian Borderlands: Essays in Regional History from Ancient Times to the End of the 18th Century. The Red Sea Press. p. 56. ISBN 978-0-932415-19-6.

[2] Al-Makrizi.), Ahmad (Ibn Ali (1790). Historia regum Islamiticorum in Abyssinia (in Arabic). Sam. et Joh. Luchtmans.

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