What the records say
- When
- 14 Apr 1542 – 26 Apr 1542
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 13.17° N, 39.67° E
- Description
- 1542 battle
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Battle of Jarte
1542 battle
The Battle of Jarte was fought from 4 to 16 April 1542 between the forces of Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi and the Ethiopian Empire assisted by a Portuguese expeditionary force led by Cristóvão da Gama. The Abyssinians and Portuguese were victorious, with Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi wounded by the outnumbered Christian force, and the Adalites forced to retreat.
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- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “The Battle of Jarte begins in Ethiopia as the Army of the Portuguese Empire, commanded by Cristóvão da Gama encounters the army of the Ethiopian ruler”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “bataille de Jarte”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page