battle, early modern

Battle of Amba Sel

Name: Battle of Amba Sel
Location: Bale Province, Ethiopia

Battle of Amba Sel was a battle fought in 1531 at Bale Province, in what is now Ethiopia. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Bale Province. It was part of Q2915203. The recorded result: Adalite victory. Recorded strength: 40,000 against 35,000.

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Fought1531

WhereBale Province, Ethiopia6.000N, 42.000E, placed at the location, approximate

OutcomeAdalite victory

BelligerentsEthiopian EmpireagainstAdal Sultanate

Casualties and losses8,000and2,500

Part ofQ2915203

Where it sits in Q2915203

10 placed engagements of Q2915203 in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date	1531 (year precision)
Place	Bale Province, Ethiopia 6.000N, 42.000E
Kind	Battle, early modern
Strength	40,000	35,000
Casualties and losses	8,000	2,500
Commanders	Dawit II	Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi Garad Matan

Placed at Bale Province; the exact site is not recorded. with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Ual-Ual Incident 1934, 291 km NE
Battle of Barawa 1507, 588 km SE
British attack on Berbera 1827, 594 km NE
Battle of Das 1332, 619 km N
Battle of Embabo 1882, 641 km NW

In the same war

Before: Battle of Antukyah 1531
After: Battle of Massawa 1541

Elsewhere in 1531

Battle of Amba Sel is one of 1,390 engagements of the 16th century in the atlas and one of 56 in present-day Ethiopia.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q2887837, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Amba Sel, revision 1377579727, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.