Battle of Das

The Battle of Das was fought as part of the Adal campaign by Amda Seyon.

Battle of Das
Date3 July 1332[1]
Location
Adal
Result

Ethiopian Victory

  • Adal towns sacked
Belligerents
Ethiopian Empire Harla Kingdom
Commanders and leaders
Amda Seyon Salih †
Strength
Amhara forces Harla militia

Background

During Amda's invasion of Adal, the Imam of Adal, Salih would form an alliance with Ifat governor, Jamal ad-Din, who was a vassal king of Amda Seyon. Despite their alliance tension between Ifat and Adal leaders was evident as Salih refused to wait for the arrival of Ifat's troops under sultan Jamal ad-Din I before attacking the Abyssinians inorder to avoid allocating the spoils of war with Ifat.[2][3] Salih and his Harla supporters were defeated and Salih was himself killed by Emperor Amda Seyon.[4][5][6][7]

References
  1. Hirsch, Bertrand. Le récit des guerres du roi ʿAmda Ṣeyon contre les sultanats islamiques, fiction épique du xve siècle.
  2. Chekroun, Amelie. Le" Futuh al-Habasa" : écriture de l'histoire, guerre et société dans le Bar Sa'ad ad-din. l’Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne. p. 149.
  3. Jamal Ad-din Mansur. Encyclopedia Aethiopica.
  4. Martin, E.G. (1974). "Mahdism and Holy Wars in Ethiopia Before 1600". Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies. Archaeopress. 4: 108. JSTOR 41223140.
  5. "Africa italiana". Istituto Italiano d'Arte Gratiche. 2 (3): 264. 1927.
  6. Braukamper, Ulrich (1977). "Islamic Principalities in Southeast Ethiopia Between the Thirteenth and Sixteenth Centuries (Part 1)". Ethiopianist Notes. Michigan State University Press. 1 (1): 20. JSTOR 42731359.
  7. Hrbek, Ivan. Africa from the Seventh to the Eleventh Century. Heinemann Educational Books. p. 584.


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