What the records say
- When
- 19 Mar 1529
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 9.31° N, 42.13° E
- Description
- 1529 battle between the Ethiopian Empire and Adal Sultanate
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
4 sources record it
- 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 Shimbra Kure is fought in Ethiopia as the Imam Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi, with 12,000 men, including special forces armed with matchlock firearms”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Ahmed Gragne est victorieux des Éthiopiens à la bataille de Chémbéra-Kourié (Shimbra Kure), mais ses troupes refusent de pénétrer plus profondément dans le pays”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Arabic), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “معركة شيمبرا كور: الإمام أحمد بن إبراهيم الغازي، مع 200 رجل مسلحون ببنادق الفتبل، يهزم جيش دويت الثاني إمبراطور إثيوبيا”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page