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Battle of Massawa (1541)
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| Battle of Massawa (1541) | |||||||
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&sq=&lang=en&file=File:Massawa_1541.png) Drawing of Massawa by D. João Castro c. 1541 | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
&sq=&lang=en&file=File:Flag_of_Portugal_(1521).svg){kind=small} Portuguese Empire |
&sq=&lang=en&file=File:Flag_of_Adal_Sultanate.svg){kind=small} Adal Sultanate | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Antonio Correa † |
Ahmed ibn Ibrahim | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 100 men | Unknown | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| All but 2 killed | Unknown | ||||||
The Battle of Massawa was an armed encounter between the Portuguese Empire and the Adal Sultanate near Massawa in April 1541. The Adalites ambushed and destroyed the Portuguese force with only two survivors to return to their ships.[1][2]
- ^ Jayne, K. G. (Kingsley Garland) (1910). Vasco da Gama and his successors : 1460-1580. Library Services University of Pretoria. London : Methuen & Co. pp. 141–142.
- ^ Jesuits (1969). Rerum aethiopicarum scriptores occidentales: inediti a saeculo XVI ad XIX (in Brazilian Portuguese). Vol. 10. Culture et civilisation. pp. 19–20.
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