The Battle of Fatagar (alternatively known as Nech Sar) was a reprisal war between the participants of the previous Adal Sultanate and Ethiopian Empire in the Ethiopian-Adal war. It was fought between the forces of the Sultanate of Harar led by Nur ibn Mujahid, and the Ethiopian Empire under Emperor Gelawdewos.[3] The Ethiopian Emperor was killed by Adal forces in this battle.[4][5]
Mohammed Hassen considers this battle a decisive defeat for the Ethiopian Empire. "Not only did his [Galawdewos] death produce terrible grief throughout the Christian land, it left the political scene uncertain and fluid. ... After this battle this force was never able to regain its full strength and failed to win back an inch of land lost before 1559 to the pastoral Oromo."[6]
^Pankhurst, Alula; Piguet, François (2009). Moving People in Ethiopia: Development, Displacement & the State. ISBN 9781847016133.
^ abcdefghiSolomon, The Chronicle, p. 246, Chap. 84
^Shinn, David (2004). Historical Dictionary of Ethiopia. Scarecrow Press. p. 174. ISBN 9780810865662.
^Pankhurst, Richard (1997). The Ethiopian Borderlands. Red Sea Press. p. 246. ISBN 9780932415196.
^History of Harar and Hararis(PDF). Harar Tourism Bureau. p. 71.
^Mohammed Hassen (1983). The Oromo of Ethiopia, 1500-1850: with Special Emphasis on the Gibe Region (PhD thesis). University of London, School of Oriental and African Studies. p. 221.
The BattleofFatagar (alternatively known as Nech Sar) was a reprisal war between the participants of the previous Adal Sultanate and Ethiopian Empire...
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