The Battle of Wofla was fought on August 28, 1542 near

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(Ofla) between the Portuguese under Cristóvão da Gama and the forces of Imam

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. Reinforced with a superiority not only in numbers but in firearms, Imam Ahmad was victorious and forced the Portuguese, along with Queen

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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. However other accounts state Gama had stayed behind to look for a woman he had captured at the

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with whom he became infatuated. Nonetheless, he was then brought into the presence of the Imam Ahmad, who tortured and executed his captured opponent.Whiteway, ''The Portuguese Expedition'', p. 68

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Conflicts in 1542 1542 in Africa 1542 in Ethiopia 1542 in the Ottoman Empire

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