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The Battle of Wofla was fought on August 28, 1542 near Lake AshengeLake Ashenge

Lake Ashenge is a lake in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia....
 in WoflaOfla

Ofla is one of the 36 woredas in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia....
 (or Ofla) in the modern EthiopiaEthiopia Summary

Ethiopia, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a country situated in the Horn of Africa....
n Region of TigrayTigray Region

Tigray is the northern-most of the nine ethnic regions of Ethiopia inhabited mostly by Tigray people....
 (previously part of WolloWollo

Wollo was a historical region and province in the north-eastern part of Ethiopia, with its capital city at Dessie....
; its incorporation into Tigray instead of AmharaAmhara Region

Amhara is one of the nine ethnic divisions of Ethiopia, containing the homeland of the Amhara people....
 is therefore disputed), between the Portuguese under 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...
 and the forces of Imam Ahmad Gragn. Reinforced with a superiority not only in numbers but in firearms, Ahmad Gragn was victorious and forced the Portuguese, along with Queen Sabla Wengel and her retinue, to flee their fortified encampment and leave their weapons behind.

While fleeing the battlefield with 14 soldiers, da Gama was captured by followers of Ahmad Gragn, who had been led into the brush they had taken refuge in by an old woman.






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1542   Reinforced with at least 600 arquebusiers and cavalry, Imam Ahmad Gragn attacks the Portuguese camp in the Battle of Wofla. The Portuguese are scattered, Christovão da Gama captured and executed.






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The Battle of Wofla was fought on August 28, 1542 near Lake AshengeLake Ashenge

Lake Ashenge is a lake in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia....
 in WoflaOfla

Ofla is one of the 36 woredas in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia....
 (or Ofla) in the modern EthiopiaEthiopia Summary

Ethiopia, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a country situated in the Horn of Africa....
n Region of TigrayTigray Region

Tigray is the northern-most of the nine ethnic regions of Ethiopia inhabited mostly by Tigray people....
 (previously part of WolloWollo

Wollo was a historical region and province in the north-eastern part of Ethiopia, with its capital city at Dessie....
; its incorporation into Tigray instead of AmharaAmhara Region

Amhara is one of the nine ethnic divisions of Ethiopia, containing the homeland of the Amhara people....
 is therefore disputed), between the Portuguese under 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...
 and the forces of Imam Ahmad Gragn. Reinforced with a superiority not only in numbers but in firearms, Ahmad Gragn was victorious and forced the Portuguese, along with Queen Sabla Wengel and her retinue, to flee their fortified encampment and leave their weapons behind.

While fleeing the battlefield with 14 soldiers, da Gama was captured by followers of Ahmad Gragn, who had been led into the brush they had taken refuge in by an old woman. He was then brought into the presence of the Imam Ahmad Gragn, who tortured his captured opponent, then in the end the Imam drew his sword and cut off da Gama's head with his own hand.