| 2nd Battle of Yedaya | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Ethiopian Empire |
 Adal Sultanate | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Yeshaq I |
Jamal ad-Din II | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| Unknown | Unknown | ||||||
The 2nd Battle of Yedaya was an armed engagement fought between the Ethiopian Empire and the Adal Empire.[1]
Prelude
After ascending to the throne, Jamal ad-Din enjoyed the support of Harb Jaush which he dispatched as an envoy to Emperor Yeshaq I in an attempt to arrange a compromised peace. When negotiations failed, a battle then ensued in which Harb Jaush won over the Ethiopian army, after this victory, Jamal ad-Din again sent the him on an expedition to Bali where the victorious commander was said to have carried away so many booty and captives that three slaves were given to every poor man. [2]
Battle
The hostilities having been opened again between the two powers, Yeshaq moved in and invaded the region with an even bigger army than before, however this time his troops were trained by a fugitive Mamluk which taught them the secrets of Greek fire.[3] Both armies met, the battle was fierce on both sides, eventually Jamal ad-Din managed to drive the Ethiopians to Yedaya which was described as the king's royal seat, there he routed them. [2][4] The royal seat in question could've been located at the mountain of Amba Geshen.[3]
References
- ↑ Budge E.a. Wallis (1828). History Of Ethiopia Nubia And Abyssinia. p. 303.
- 1 2 Al-Makrizi.), Ahmad (Ibn Ali (1790). Historia regum Islamiticorum in Abyssinia. Sam. et Joh. Luchtmans. pp. 33–34.
- 1 2 Morié, Louis-J. Auteur du texte (1904). Histoire de l'Éthiopie (Nubie et Abyssinie) : depuis les temps les plus reculés jusqu'à nos jours. L'Abyssinie (Éthiopie moderne) / par L.-J. Morié... p. 215.
- ↑ Pankhurst, Richard (1997). The Ethiopian Borderlands: Essays in Regional History from Ancient Times to the End of the 18th Century. The Red Sea Press. p. 58. ISBN 978-0-932415-19-6.