Battle of Gomit

Battle of Gomit
Date	25 December 1445; (578 years, 10 months, 3 weeks and 3 days)
Location	Dawaro, Ethiopian Empire
Result	Ethiopian victory
Belligerents
Ethiopian Empire	Adal Sultanate
Commanders and leaders
Zara Yaqob	Arwe Badlay †
Casualties and losses
Unknown	Heavy

The Battle of Gomit or Battle of Egubba^[1] (or Battle of Ayfars) was fought in 1445 between the Ethiopian Empire and a powerful Muslim army under the Adal Sultanate. The Ethiopians were led by Emperor Zara Yaqob, while the forces of Adal were led by Sultan Badlay ibn Sa'ad ad-Din. The Ethiopian army was victorious, and Badlay was slain.^[2]^[3]

^ E. Cerulli. Islam Yesterday and Today. p. 140.
^ J. Spencer Trimingham, Islam in Ethiopia (Oxford: Geoffrey Cumberlege for the University Press, 1952), p. 75. https://zelalemkibret.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/islam-in-ethiopia-j-spencer-trimingham.pdf
^ Pankhurst, Richard (1997). The Ethiopian Borderlands Essays in Regional History from Ancient Times to the End of the 18th Century. Red Sea Press. p. 117. ISBN 9780932415196.

[1] E. Cerulli. Islam Yesterday and Today. p. 140.

[2] J. Spencer Trimingham, Islam in Ethiopia (Oxford: Geoffrey Cumberlege for the University Press, 1952), p. 75. https://zelalemkibret.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/islam-in-ethiopia-j-spencer-trimingham.pdf

[Red_Sea_Press-3] Pankhurst, Richard (1997). The Ethiopian Borderlands Essays in Regional History from Ancient Times to the End of the 18th Century. Red Sea Press. p. 117. ISBN 9780932415196.

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