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The Battle of Jarte was fought from April 4 to April 16, 1542 between the forces of Imam Ahmad Gragn and a PortuguesePortugal Summary

Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic is located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula, and is the w...
 expeditionary force fighting on behalf of the




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1542   16 The Portuguese under Christovão da Gama encounter the army of Imam Ahmad Gragn in the Battle of Jarte, and inflict upon the Imam two successive defeats.






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The Battle of Jarte was fought from April 4 to April 16, 1542 between the forces of Imam Ahmad Gragn and a PortuguesePortugal Summary

Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic is located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula, and is the w...
 expeditionary force fighting on behalf of the Ethiopian EmpireEthiopian Empire

The Ethiopian Empire, also known as Abyssinia, in what is now Ethiopia and Eritrea existed from approximately 1270 un...
. The Portuguese were led by Cristovão da GamaCristovão da Gama

Cristov?o da Gama was a Portuguese soldier, who led a Portuguese army on a crusade in Ethiopia against the Muslim army of I...
. The Portuguese were victorious.