Battle of Jarte

Battle of Jarte
Part of the Ethiopian–Adal War, Ottoman–Portuguese conflicts (1538–57) and Somali–Portuguese conflicts

Engraving of Cristóvão da Gama chasing Gragn and the fleeing Adal army.
Date4 to 16 April 1542
Location
"Jarte," near Wajirat, Ethiopia[1]
Result Portuguese–Ethiopian victory
Belligerents
Portuguese Empire
Ethiopian Empire		 Adal Sultanate
Ottoman Empire
Commanders and leaders
Cristóvão da Gama
Seble Wongel		 Ahmad ibn Ibrahim  (WIA)
Strength
400 Portuguese arquebusiers
200 Ethiopian auxiliaries[2]		 15,000 infantry[3]
1,500–2,000 cavalry[4][5]
200 Turkish arquebusiers[6]
Casualties and losses
11 killed[7]
50 wounded[8]		 300 killed[9]
4 "principal captains"[10]
40 horsemen[11]
30+ Turks[12]

The Battle of Jarte was fought from 4 to 16 April 1542 between the forces of Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi and the Ethiopian Empire assisted by a Portuguese expeditionary force led by Cristóvão da Gama. The Abyssinians and Portuguese were victorious, with Ahmad Gurey wounded by the outnumbered Christian force, and the Adalites forced to retreat.

  1. ^ The Portuguese Expedition to Abyssinia in 1541-1543, as Narrated by Castanhoso With Some Contemporary Letters, the Short Account of Bermudez, and Certain Extracts from Correa, p.39, p.Liv, p.137(1) (2017)
  2. ^ The Portuguese Expedition to Abyssinia in 1541-1543, as Narrated by Castanhoso With Some Contemporary Letters, the Short Account of Bermudez, and Certain Extracts from Correa, p.47 (2017)
  3. ^ The Portuguese Expedition to Abyssinia in 1541-1543, as Narrated by Castanhoso With Some Contemporary Letters, the Short Account of Bermudez, and Certain Extracts from Correa, p.44 (2017)
  4. ^ The Portuguese Expedition to Abyssinia in 1541-1543, as Narrated by Castanhoso With Some Contemporary Letters, the Short Account of Bermudez, and Certain Extracts from Correa, p.44 (2017)
  5. ^ Ark of God - The Incredible Power of the Ark of the Covenant, David Hatcher Childress (2015)
  6. ^ Ark of God - The Incredible Power of the Ark of the Covenant, David Hatcher Childress, p.44 (2015)
  7. ^ The Portuguese Expedition to Abyssinia in 1541-1543, as Narrated by Castanhoso With Some Contemporary Letters, the Short Account of Bermudez, and Certain Extracts from Correa, p.47 (2017)
  8. ^ The Portuguese Expedition to Abyssinia in 1541-1543, as Narrated by Castanhoso With Some Contemporary Letters, the Short Account of Bermudez, and Certain Extracts from Correa, p.48 (2017)
  9. ^ The Portuguese Expedition to Abyssinia in 1541-1543, as Narrated by Castanhoso With Some Contemporary Letters, the Short Account of Bermudez, and Certain Extracts from Correa, p.48(1B (2017)
  10. ^ The Portuguese Expedition to Abyssinia in 1541-1543, as Narrated by Castanhoso With Some Contemporary Letters, the Short Account of Bermudez, and Certain Extracts from Correa, p.48 (2017)
  11. ^ The Portuguese Expedition to Abyssinia in 1541-1543, as Narrated by Castanhoso With Some Contemporary Letters, the Short Account of Bermudez, and Certain Extracts from Correa, p.48 (2017)
  12. ^ The Portuguese Expedition to Abyssinia in 1541-1543, as Narrated by Castanhoso With Some Contemporary Letters, the Short Account of Bermudez, and Certain Extracts from Correa, p.48(1B) (2017)