Eslamu Sagad (Amharic: ልብነ ድንግል) was a general and nobleman in the Ethiopian Empire under Lebna Dengel who served as governor of Fatagar during the Ethiopian-Adal War.
name Eslamu Sagad due to his many battle with Muslim Adalites. Eslamu served as governor of Fatagar from at least 1527 to his death in 1531. Eslamu was...
forces under Imam Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi and the Abyssinian army under Eslamu. Huntingford has located Antukyah about 89 kilometres (55 miles) south of...
battle as the Battle of Ayfars. After the Christian defeat at Antukyah Eslamu fled to Zari where he received orders from Lebna Dengel demoting him and...
attack Ethiopia in 1531, where he scattered the army under the general Eslamu by firing the first cannon in the Horn of Africa. Dawit was forced to withdraw...
defeat at Antukyah an infuriated Lebna Dengel, sent Iyasus to replace Ras Eslamu's as Commander-in-chief of the army in Fatagar along with reinforcements...
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