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194:, made his way to confront him and Abbas rushed with his army to meet the Emperor. Gelawdewos was entirely victorious in this engagement and Abbas with all his captains were killed. The remaining Muslims who had survived the battle became the target of the local Christian populace who massacred all those who they could find. The Emperor then appointed Khalid, a Christian who had converted to Islam but that had reverted back to Christianity, as the provincial governor of Dawaro. Gelawdewos later faced problems with the Portuguese, he then banished 140 of them to the province of Dawaro. The presence of the Portuguese greatly displeased Khalid, he therefore ordered them to be killed or expelled from the province. Khalid attempted to ambush the Portuguese with a large army, but as soon as the assault began they shot and killed Khalid, after which most of his supporters would become their vassals. The Emperor was said to be very pleased with this outcome as he had always distrusted the governor. 201:. The Emperor warned the Portuguese of an impending Oromo attack. The Portuguese would immediately prepare to face this attack by stockpiling on munitions and gunpowder. When the Oromos did arrive they were "innumerable, and did not come on without order like barbarians, but advanced collected in bodies, like squadrons". The Portuguese fought the Oromos for around 11 to 12 days according to Joao Bermudes until they ran out of gunpower and ammunition. Before they withdrew from Dawaro, Bermudes claims that all of the country's inhabitants were safely evacuated. Just after the Portuguese had fled from the province, they soon met up with 59: 174:. In the summer of 1531, the Adalites returned to Dawaro where they occupied the province, they soon ravaged the province and destroyed a large church that was erected by the Emperor's predecessor. The Imam then arrived at a settlement called Geberge and demanded that all of the Christian inhabitants either convert to Islam or pay the 86:
livestock "without number" and "destroyed the crops of their country". The "wicked plans of Haydara" of Dawaro were thus "brought to nothing" as the chronicler states. Dawaro was then grouped together with other kingdoms such as Hadiya, Fatagar and Ifat as a tributary kingdom to the Ethiopian Empire under the leadership of
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became the first part of the empire to be confronted by the forces of Imam Ahmad. The Imam carried out a raid on the province in 1526-7. His men was said to take considerable loot such as horses, slaves and sheep. The Adalites planned to return to their country, but the "infidels of Dawaro" assembled
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during his rebellion and "treacherously" executed some of the Emperor's messengers. Amda Seyon, incensed by this act of rebellion, at once set out with his troops. On reaching Dawaro he "laid waste the country from one end to the other". He killed young men, took women and children prisoners, seized
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tax. Most of the inhabitants choose to retain their religion by declaring their neutrality and agreeing to pay the tax, others agreed to be converted, among those converted were 50 Christian nobles. The Imam, much pleased with their conversion, appointed Amir Husain
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Until the beginning of the 17th century, the Ethiopian Emperors would still maintain their claim to Dawaro until it had vanished as a political unit by the 18th century. Today the name is preserved among the
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who was on his way to support the Portuguese defense. The Emperor was said to have "wept like a child" after hearing about the fall of Dawaro and said "My sin is great that such evil has befallen me."
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received news of an impending larger invasion of Dawaro, the Emperor assembled a large army that consisted of units from all over the country. This army was defeated in the disastrous
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Control of the province would later fall under Ahmad's nephew, Vizier Abbas, who ruled over Dawaro as well as neighboring Fatager and Bali. Following the Imam's death and defeat at
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The Muslim Kingdoms in Abyssinia were seven in number: Awfat, Dawaro, Arababni, Hadiya, Sharkha, Bali and Dara. These kingdoms which belong to seven kings.
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Their main achievements were to reduce the great Muslim principalities of Ifat, Dawaro, Sharkha and Bali to stricter tributary status.
1092: 81:, Amda Seyon then proceeded to garrison Dawaro. However, in the late 1320s the ruler of the province, Haydara, ended up siding with 1305: 1280: 1127: 1122: 130: 398:
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After the death of Khalid, the Portuguese would rule Dawaro for four months until the province was invaded by the
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a large army against them, this force was subsequently defeated. Not long after this Emperor
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was used which were pieces of iron as long as a needle. A cow would cost 5,000
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Barje as governor of the province. Dawaro was soon invaded by the Adal Sultan
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The Portuguese Expedition to Abyssinia in 1541-1543 as Narrated by Castanhoso
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consolidated the supremacy of the Christian empire in Dawaro and appointed
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Medieval Ge’ez land grants of Aṣe Waša Maryam church in Wägda (1344-1432)
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in the early 14th century. The region was situated east of
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The earliest mention of this province comes from the
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Index

Amharic
Hadiya
Amda Seyon I
Hadiya
Bali
Arsi Province

Horn
Amda Seyon
Ifat
Sabr ad-Din I
Jamal Ad-Din I
Ibn Fadlallah al-Umari
Ifat
Dawit I
Jamal ad-Din II
Zara Yaqob
Fitawrari
Badlay ibn Sa'ad ad-Din
Zara Yaqob
Battle of Gomit
Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi
Adal Sultanate
Dawit I
Battle of Shimbra Kure
Harar
jizya
Gaturi
Wanya Daga
Gelawdewos

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