Battle of Sahart
| Battle of Sahart | |
|---|---|
| Part of the Tigray | |
| Result | Adal victory |
Garad Emar
The Battle of Sahart was fought on 24 April 1541 between the army of Emperor
Gelawdewos succeeded to the throne soon after his father's death on 2 September 1540. Despite his youth, over the next few months he made several successful attacks on the Adalite garrisons in northern Ethiopia. These lifted the morale of the restive Christian Ethiopians, and upon arriving in
According to Bruce, when Garad Emar approached Sard he fell into an ambush Gelawdewos had prepared, and the governor's army was destroyed. However, Ethiopian chronicles state that Gelawdewos was defeated at Sahart.
References
- ^ C.F. Beckingham, "A Note on the topography of Ahmad Gragn's campaigns in 1542", Journal of Semitic Studies, 4 (1959), p. 370
- G.W.B. Huntingfordlocates Sard in Sahart (The historical geography of Ethiopia from the first century AD to 1704), (Oxford University Press: 1989), p. 134
- ^ As paraphrased by James Bruce, Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile (1805 edition), vol. 3, pp. 202f
- ^ C.F. Beckingham, "A Note on the topography of Ahmad Gragn's campaigns in 1542", Journal of Semitic Studies, 4 (1959), p. 370
- ^ Beckingham, "A Note," p. 371
  | This History of Somalia-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
 | This Ethiopian history–related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
 | This article about a battle is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |