Battle of Gomit

Battle of Gomit
Date	25 December 1445; (576 years, 4 months and 6 days)
Location	Bete Amhara, Ethiopian Empire[1]
Result	Ethiopian victory
Belligerents
Ethiopian Empire	Adal Sultanate
Commanders and leaders
Zara Yaqob	Badlay ibn Sa'ad ad-Din †
Casualties and losses
Unknown	Unknown

The Battle of Gomit[2] 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.[3]

References

E.A Wallis Budge, A history of Ethiopia, pp.308 https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.499166/page/n393/mode/1up
http://www.kruk.ayz.pl/cesarstwo/Historia1.html (Polish)
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

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[1] E.A Wallis Budge, A history of Ethiopia, pp.308 https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.499166/page/n393/mode/1up

[2] ttp://www.kruk.ayz.pl/cesarstwo/Historia1.html (Polish)

[3] 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