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| territory = [[Shewa]], [[Fatagar]] and [[Ifat (historical region)|Ifat]] annexed by [[Sultanate of Adal|Adal]] |
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| result = Adal victory |
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| commander1 = [[Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi|Imam Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi]] |
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| strength1 = 12,000 men<br />500 horses<ref name=Edwards>{{cite book | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=UxgoAAAAYAAJ&dq=Battle+of+Antukyah&pg=PA335 | title = The Conquest of Abyssinia pp.335| author = Frederick A. Edwards| year = 1905}}</ref><br>(per Arab Faqīh) and 7 cannons |
| strength1 = 12,000 men<br />500 horses<ref name=Edwards>{{cite book | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=UxgoAAAAYAAJ&dq=Battle+of+Antukyah&pg=PA335 | title = The Conquest of Abyssinia pp.335| author = Frederick A. Edwards| year = 1905}}</ref><br>(per [[Shihab al-Dīn Aḥmad ibn ʿAbd al-Qādir ibn Sālim ibn ʿUthmān|Arab Faqīh]]) and 7 cannons |
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| strength2 = "anything up to 100,000 men"<ref>Dennis Showalter, Early Modern Wars 1500–1775 |
| strength2 = "anything up to 100,000 men"<ref>Dennis Showalter, Early Modern Wars 1500–1775 |
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The '''Battle of Antukyah''' was fought in 1531 between [[Adal Sultanate]] forces under [[Imam]] [[Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi]] and the [[Ethiopian Empire|Abyssinian]] army under [[Eslamu]]. Huntingford has located Antukyah about {{convert|55|mi|km|order=flip|abbr=off}} south of [[Lake Hayq]], at the edge of the [[Ethiopian Highlands]], in the modern district of [[Antsokiyana Gemza|Antsokiya and Gemza]].<ref>Cited in Sihab ad-Din Ahmad bin 'Abd al-Qader, ''Futuh al-Habasa: The conquest of Ethiopia'', translated by Paul Lester Stenhouse with annotations by Richard Pankhurst (Hollywood: Tsehai, 2003), p. 35n. 137.</ref> |
The '''Battle of Antukyah''' was fought in 1531 between [[Adal Sultanate]] forces under [[Imam]] [[Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi]] and the [[Ethiopian Empire|Abyssinian]] army under [[Eslamu]]. Huntingford has located Antukyah about {{convert|55|mi|km|order=flip|abbr=off}} south of [[Lake Hayq]], at the edge of the [[Ethiopian Highlands]], in the modern district of [[Antsokiyana Gemza|Antsokiya and Gemza]].<ref>Cited in Sihab ad-Din Ahmad bin 'Abd al-Qader, ''Futuh al-Habasa: The conquest of Ethiopia'', translated by Paul Lester Stenhouse with annotations by Richard Pankhurst (Hollywood: Tsehai, 2003), p. 35n. 137.</ref> |
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Despite the care Eslamu took in deploying his men, and the number of them, the Ethiopian army panicked and fled when the Imam's [[cannon]]s cut down thousands of them.<ref name=Edwards /> |
Despite the care Eslamu took in deploying his men, and the number of them, the Ethiopian army panicked and fled when the Imam's [[cannon]]s cut down thousands of them.<ref name=Edwards /> According to sixteenth century Adal writer of ''Futuh al-Habasha'' [[Shihab al-Dīn Aḥmad ibn ʿAbd al-Qādir ibn Sālim ibn ʿUthmān|Arab Faqīh]], the number of dead and wounded was comparable to the previous [[Battle of Shimbra Kure]].<ref>Sihab ad-Din Ahmad, ''Futuh'', p. 139.</ref> |
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== Notes == |
== Notes == |
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Garad Hirabu Goita Tedros Al Somali |
Eslamu, Governor of Fatagar | ||||||||
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12,000 men 500 horses[1] (per Arab Faqīh) and 7 cannons |
"anything up to 100,000 men"[2] | ||||||||
The Battle of Antukyah was fought in 1531 between Adal Sultanate forces under Imam Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi and the Abyssinian army under Eslamu. Huntingford has located Antukyah about 89 kilometres (55 miles) south of Lake Hayq, at the edge of the Ethiopian Highlands, in the modern district of Antsokiya and Gemza.[3]
Despite the care Eslamu took in deploying his men, and the number of them, the Ethiopian army panicked and fled when the Imam's cannons cut down thousands of them.[1] According to sixteenth century Adal writer of Futuh al-Habasha Arab Faqīh, the number of dead and wounded was comparable to the previous Battle of Shimbra Kure.[4]
Notes
[edit]- ^ a b Frederick A. Edwards (1905). The Conquest of Abyssinia pp.335.
- ^ Dennis Showalter, Early Modern Wars 1500–1775 [1]
- ^ Cited in Sihab ad-Din Ahmad bin 'Abd al-Qader, Futuh al-Habasa: The conquest of Ethiopia, translated by Paul Lester Stenhouse with annotations by Richard Pankhurst (Hollywood: Tsehai, 2003), p. 35n. 137.
- ^ Sihab ad-Din Ahmad, Futuh, p. 139.