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The Emperor then marched into the area and encamped within sight of the enemy. The two armies then fought a series of inconclusive battles were a number of Muhammad's men deflected to the Abyssinians, the fighting grew so fierce that the Emperor erected a defensive rampart around the camp. Muhammad,
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peasants, the peasants were outraged and blocked the escape routes. As a result, Muhammad and most of his men were captured by the Abyssinians. Consequently, Muhammad was executed, along with numerous other notable Adalite leaders and three sons of
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Muhammad ibn Nasir, realizing that the battle was lost, finally decided to retreat back to Adal and rode off with fifty horsemen. However along the way the Adalites looted the oxen belonging to some
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and sent thirty scouts to locate the whereabouts of the Adalite army, the scouts learned that Muhammad's army was established in the Hadiya area along the
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had killed all the Muslim leaders that were friendly to the Christian empire in the area. The Emperor then established himself at
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seeing that it was impossible to advance any further decided to return to
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with sixty of his horsemen and a large number of other soldiers.
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was fought in 1576 between the forces of Adal led by
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Index

Battle of Hadiya (1576)
Hadiya
Ethiopian Empire

Adal Sultanate

Sarsa Dengel

Muhammad ibn Nasir

Muhammad ibn Nasir
Sarsa Dengel
Sultanate of Adal
Wej province
Sarsa Dengel
Muhammad ibn Nasir
Sharkha
Weyib River
Asmadin
Harar
Asmadin
Sarsa Dengel
Hadiya
Nur ibn Mujahid
James Bruce
Gragne
Gelawdewos
"The Oromo of Ethiopia 1500-1800"

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