Siege of Hubat

Siege of Hubat
Date	1500s
Location	Hubat, Adal Sultanate
Result	Adalite victory
Belligerents
Adal Sultanate	Hubat principality
Commanders and leaders
Sultan Abu Bakr	Garad Umar Din †; Ahmed ibn Ibrahim

The siege of Hubat was a military campaign carried out by Abu Bakr ibn Muhammad, sultan of Adal Sultanate, against the Hubat principality.^[1]^[2]

The siege lasted more than a week in which Hubat leader Garad Umar Din would lose his life, resulting in a victory for Sultan Abu Bakr.^[3] However according to sixteenth century Adal writer Arab Faqīh, the future leader of Adal, Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi evaded capture.^[4]

References

^ Hassan, Mohammed. Oromo of Ethiopia 1500 (PDF). University of London. p. 31.
^ Lindah, Bernhard. Local history of Ethiopia (PDF). Nordic Africa Institute library. p. 5.
^ Pankhurst, Richard (1997). The Ethiopian Borderlands: Essays in Regional History from Ancient Times. Red Sea press. p. 166. ISBN 9780932415196.
^ Hassan, Mohammed. Review work of Futuh al Habasha. Journal of Ethiopain studies. p. 183. JSTOR 27828848.

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[1] Hassan, Mohammed. Oromo of Ethiopia 1500 (PDF). University of London. p. 31.

[2] Lindah, Bernhard. Local history of Ethiopia (PDF). Nordic Africa Institute library. p. 5.

[3] Pankhurst, Richard (1997). The Ethiopian Borderlands: Essays in Regional History from Ancient Times. Red Sea press. p. 166. ISBN 9780932415196.

[4] Hassan, Mohammed. Review work of Futuh al Habasha. Journal of Ethiopain studies. p. 183. JSTOR 27828848.

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