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conflict=Battle of Wofla |
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|partof = the [[Abyssinian–Adal war]] and [[Ottoman–Portuguese conflicts (1538–57)]] |
| partof = the [[Abyssinian–Adal war]] and [[Ottoman–Portuguese conflicts (1538–57)]] |
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|date=August 28, 1542 |
| date = August 28, 1542 |
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|place=modern [[Ofla|Wofla]], [[Ethiopia]] |
| place = modern [[Ofla|Wofla]], [[Ethiopia]] |
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|result |
| result = [[Adal Sultanate]] victory |
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|combatant1= [[File:Flag of Adal.png|25px]] [[Adal Sultanate]] |
| combatant1 = [[File:Flag of Adal.png|25px]] [[Adal Sultanate]] |
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|combatant2=[[File:Flag Portugal (1521).svg|25px|border]] [[Portuguese Empire]]<br /> |
[[Ottoman Empire]] |
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| combatant2 = [[File:Flag Portugal (1521).svg|25px|border]] [[Portuguese Empire]]<br /> |
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[[File:Ethiopian_Pennants.svg|25px]][[Ethiopian Empire]] |
[[File:Ethiopian_Pennants.svg|25px]][[Ethiopian Empire]] |
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|commander1=[[Ahmad ibn Ibrihim al-Ghazi]] |
| commander1 = [[Ahmad ibn Ibrihim al-Ghazi]] |
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|commander2=[[Cristóvão da Gama]]{{Executed}} |
| commander2 = [[Cristóvão da Gama]]{{Executed}} |
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|strength1=2900 ottoman and arab musketeers<br />over 10000 Adal troops <br /> |
| strength1 = 2900 ottoman and arab musketeers<br />over 10000 Adal troops <br /> |
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{{Campaignbox Abyssinian–Adal war}} |
{{Campaignbox Abyssinian–Adal war}} |
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Revision as of 10:18, 28 August 2020
| Battle of Wofla | |||||||
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| Part of the Abyssinian–Adal war and Ottoman–Portuguese conflicts (1538–57) | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Ottoman Empire |
 Ethiopian Empire | ||||||
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| Ahmad ibn Ibrihim al-Ghazi |
Cristóvão da Gama  | ||||||
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2900 ottoman and arab musketeers over 10000 Adal troops |
About 290 Portuguese musketeers | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| unknown | 70-120 Portuguese killed | ||||||
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The Battle of Wofla was fought on August 28, 1542 near Lake Ashenge in Wofla (or Ofla) in the modern Ethiopian Region of Tigray (previously part of Wollo) between the Portuguese under Cristóvão da Gama and the forces of Imam Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi. Reinforced with a superiority not only in numbers but in firearms, Imam Ahmad was victorious and forced the Portuguese, along with Queen Sabla Wengel and her retinue, to flee their fortified encampment and leave their weapons behind.
While fleeing the battlefield with 14 soldiers, Gama, with his arm broken from a bullet, was captured that night by followers of Imam Ahmad, who had been led into the brush they had taken refuge in by an old woman.[1] He was then brought into the presence of the Imam Ahmad, who tortured his captured opponent, then in the end the Imam drew his sword and beheaded da Gama.[2]
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