Battle of Hadiya (1569)

Battle of Hadiya
Date1569
Location
Hadiya (south of the upper Awash River)
Result

Decisive Ethiopian victory

  • Hadiya is reannexed
  • Aze maintains nominal rule over Hadiya
Belligerents
Hadiya Sultanate
Sultanate of Harar		  Ethiopian Empire
Commanders and leaders
Garad Aze of Hadiya Emperor Sarsa Dengel
Strength
1700 Cavalry (non combatants)
Large infantry (non combatants)
500 Malassay		 Unknown
Casualties and losses
Heavy; Entire Malassay force annihilated Minimal

The Battle of Hadiya was fought between the forces of the Hadiya led by their Garad (chief) Aze, and the Ethiopian Empire under Emperor Sarsa Dengel.[1] The Hadiya ruler had refused to pay tribute to the Ethiopian emperor, which lead to the conflict.[2]

  1. ^ Cerulli, Ernesta (2017). Peoples of South-West Ethiopia and Its Borderland. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 9781315307978.
  2. ^ Ethnographic Survey of Africa. International African Institute. 1956. p. 86.