Battle of Hazalo

Battle of Hazalo
Part of the Oromo Expansions
Date1559
Location
Mount Hazalo near Awash River, Adal Sultanate
Result

Oromo victory[1][2]

Belligerents
Adal Sultanate Oromo
Commanders and leaders
Nur ibn Mujahid Michelle Gada
Strength
Unknown Unknown
Casualties and losses
Heavy Unknown

The Battle of Hazalo was fought between the forces of Adal Sultanate led by Nur ibn Mujahid, and Oromo of Gada Michelle in 1559.[3] Nur and his troops were returning from a victory at the Battle of Fatagar against the Ethiopian Imperial army, when they were ambushed sustaining heavy casualties.[4] Adal's elite soldiers the Malassay were killed in large number effectively ending the Harari states regional superiority.[5]

  1. ^ Paulos Milkias(Ethiopia, p. 211) The defeat at Hazalo was so total that the Harar that had defied so many emperors of Ethiopia.https://www.google.com/books/edition/Ethiopia/Iu9mnXhvSswC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=hazalo&pg=PA211&printsec=frontcover
  2. ^ Mohamed Hassan(The Oromo of Ethiopia 1700 p. 314) They not only devastated the Muslim force at Hazalo, but also destroyed the famous Christian corps Jan Amora in the important province of Fatagar.https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/29226/1/10731321.pdf
  3. ^ Huntingford, G.W.B. (15 May 2017). Some Records of Ethiopia, 1593-1646. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 9781317052715.
  4. ^ Milkias, Paulos (18 May 2011). Ethiopia. ABC-CLIO. p. 211. ISBN 9781598842586.
  5. ^ Hassan, Mohammad. Oromo of Ethiopia 1500 (PDF). University of London. p. 194.