Battle of Antukyah | |||||||
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Part of the Abyssinian–Adal war | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Adal Sultanate | Ethiopian Empire | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Imam Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi | Eslamu, Governor of Fatagar | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
12,000 men 500 horses |
100,000 men 600 horses |
The Battle of Antukyah was fought in 1531 between Adal Sultanate forces under Imam Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi Moslem Ethiopian Jihadist and the Abyssinian army under Eslamu. Huntingford has located Antukyah about 89 kilometres (55 miles) south of Lake Hayq, at the edge of the Ethiopian highlands.
Despite the care Eslamu took in deploying his men, and the number of them, the Ethiopian army panicked and fled when the Imam's cannons cut down thousands of them. The Futuh al-Habasha compared the number of dead and wounded to the previous Battle of Shimbra Kure.