battle, early modern

Battle of Hazalo

Name: Battle of Hazalo
Location: Mount Ayalu, Ethiopia

Battle of Hazalo was a battle fought in 1559 at Mount Ayalu, in what is now Ethiopia. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Mount Ayalu. It was part of Q16254632. The recorded result: Oromo victory; Oromo begin gradually occupying parts of Hararghe; Beginning of the collapse of Adal Sultanate. Recorded strength: Unknown against Unknown.

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Fought1559

WhereMount Ayalu, Ethiopia10.082N, 40.702E, placed at the location, approximate

OutcomeOromo victory; Oromo begin gradually occupying parts of Hararghe; Beginning of the collapse of Adal Sultanate

BelligerentsAdal SultanateagainstOromo

Casualties and lossesHeavyandUnknown

Part ofQ16254632

Record

Date	1559 (year precision)
Place	Mount Ayalu, Ethiopia 10.082N, 40.702E
Kind	Battle, early modern
Strength	Unknown	Unknown
Casualties and losses	Heavy	Unknown
Commanders	Nur ibn Mujahid

Placed at Mount Ayalu; 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

Battle of Das 1332, 189 km NE
Battle of Magdala 1868, 218 km NW
Battle of Embabo 1882, 346 km W
Second Battle of Amba Alagi 1941, 346 km N
Battle of Amba Alagi 1895, 349 km N

Elsewhere in 1559

Siege of Bahrain Bahrain
Siege of Leith United Kingdom
Honkoku-ji incident Japan
Second Battle of Kalaa of the Beni Abbes Algeria
Battle of Mulleriyawa Sri Lanka

Battle of Hazalo 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 Q107026908, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Hazalo, revision 1378675800, 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.