The Ethiopian-Adal War 1529-1543: The Conquest of Abyssinia
In 1529, an army from the Sultanate of Adal in modern-day Somalia invaded neighboring Ethiopia. For the next fourteen years, the conflict ravaged Ethiopia, planting the seeds of enmity and mistrust in the Horn of Africa that resonate to this day.

The Ethiopian-Adal War: The Conquest of Abyssinia brings sixteenth-century Arab, Portuguese, and Ethiopian primary source material from this conflict to contemporary readers for the first time in the English language in a single volume. Situating the conflict into the wider struggle for maritime supremacy between the Portuguese and Ottoman Empires, readers will have the chance to learn about a little-known conflict which nearly resulted in the subjugation of Christian Ethiopia at the hands of Imam Gurey, the Sultan of Adal. Included are maps of the conflict’s major battles, never before seen in any publication. Photographs of the Ethiopian landscape and a range of other illustrations complete the account of this epic conflict.
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The Ethiopian-Adal War 1529-1543: The Conquest of Abyssinia
In 1529, an army from the Sultanate of Adal in modern-day Somalia invaded neighboring Ethiopia. For the next fourteen years, the conflict ravaged Ethiopia, planting the seeds of enmity and mistrust in the Horn of Africa that resonate to this day.

The Ethiopian-Adal War: The Conquest of Abyssinia brings sixteenth-century Arab, Portuguese, and Ethiopian primary source material from this conflict to contemporary readers for the first time in the English language in a single volume. Situating the conflict into the wider struggle for maritime supremacy between the Portuguese and Ottoman Empires, readers will have the chance to learn about a little-known conflict which nearly resulted in the subjugation of Christian Ethiopia at the hands of Imam Gurey, the Sultan of Adal. Included are maps of the conflict’s major battles, never before seen in any publication. Photographs of the Ethiopian landscape and a range of other illustrations complete the account of this epic conflict.
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The Ethiopian-Adal War 1529-1543: The Conquest of Abyssinia

The Ethiopian-Adal War 1529-1543: The Conquest of Abyssinia

by Jeffrey M. Shaw
The Ethiopian-Adal War 1529-1543: The Conquest of Abyssinia

The Ethiopian-Adal War 1529-1543: The Conquest of Abyssinia

by Jeffrey M. Shaw

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Overview

In 1529, an army from the Sultanate of Adal in modern-day Somalia invaded neighboring Ethiopia. For the next fourteen years, the conflict ravaged Ethiopia, planting the seeds of enmity and mistrust in the Horn of Africa that resonate to this day.

The Ethiopian-Adal War: The Conquest of Abyssinia brings sixteenth-century Arab, Portuguese, and Ethiopian primary source material from this conflict to contemporary readers for the first time in the English language in a single volume. Situating the conflict into the wider struggle for maritime supremacy between the Portuguese and Ottoman Empires, readers will have the chance to learn about a little-known conflict which nearly resulted in the subjugation of Christian Ethiopia at the hands of Imam Gurey, the Sultan of Adal. Included are maps of the conflict’s major battles, never before seen in any publication. Photographs of the Ethiopian landscape and a range of other illustrations complete the account of this epic conflict.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781914059681
Publisher: Helion and Company
Publication date: 08/26/2021
Series: From Retinue to Regiment , #8
Pages: 146
Product dimensions: 7.10(w) x 9.80(h) x (d)

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Table of Contents

Foreword iv

Preface v

Sources for the Ethiopian-Adal War vi

Authors Note x

Acknowledgements xii

Chronology xiv

Introduction xvi

1 History of the Horn of Africa Region 19

2 Christian Ethiopia Restored 34

3 The Ethiopian-Adal War: Imam Gurey Triumphant 59

4 The Geopolitical Situation in 1540 84

5 The Ethiopian-Adal War: Enter the Portuguese 96

6 The Ethiopian-Adal War: Into the Valley of Death 118

7 Epilogue 129

Appendices

I Ethiopian Kings: Solomonic Restoration to the end of the Ethiopian-Adal War 134

II Paean to Imam Gurey before the Battle of Shembra Kure by Arab Faqih 136

III Ethiopian Soldier's Song 137

Further Reading 138

Bibliography 140

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