Ethiopian Emperor Victorious

1544

Aided by a Portuguese musketeer contingent under Cristovao da Gama, the Ethiopian emperor Gelawdewos finally broke the forces of the Adal imam Ahmad Gragn, who was killed at the battle of Wayna Daga. Ethiopian Christian sovereignty was saved, and a long period of reconstruction began in the highland kingdom. Portuguese musketeers fighting alongside Ethiopian forces demonstrated the emerging role of European military technology in African conflicts.