Ethiopian–Adal War

BelligerentsEthiopian Empire
Portuguese Empire(1541–43)Adal Sultanate
Ottoman Empire(1542–43)Commanders and leadersDawit II#
Gelawdewos
Wasan Sagad†
Takla Iyasus†
Eslamu†
Cristóvão da GamaAhmad ibn Ibrahim†
Wazir Abbas
Garad Matan†
Ahmed Girri
Abu Bakr Qatin
Garad HirabuStrength 400 musketeers (1541) 700 soldiers, 10 field guns (1542)

The Ethiopian–Adal War, also known as the Abyssinian–Adal War and Futūḥ Al-Ḥabaša (Arabic: فتوح الحبش, lit.'Conquest of Abyssinia'), was a war fought between the ChristianEthiopian Empire and the MuslimAdal Sultanate from 1529 to 1543. The Christian Ethiopian troops were drawn mainly from Tigray, Gojjam, Begemder, Angot, Qeda,,Gan, Medri Bahri, Gafat, and a certain numbers of Agaw troops At the closing of the war, the Christian forces were supported by the Portuguese Empire with no less than 400 musketeers. The Adal forces were composed of Harla/Harari, Somali, Afar as well as Arab and Turkish gunmen. Both sides would see the Maya mercenaries at times join their ranks. The conflict was followed shortly by the 16th century Ottoman–Ethiopian War.