battle, early modern

Battle of Fatagar

Name: Battle of Fatagar
Location: Fetegar, Ethiopia

Battle of Fatagar was a battle fought in 1516 at Fetegar, in what is now Ethiopia. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Fetegar. The recorded result: Ethiopian victory. Recorded strength: Unknown against Unknown.

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Fought1516

WhereFetegar, Ethiopia9.033N, 38.733E, placed at the location, approximate

OutcomeEthiopian victory

BelligerentsEthiopian EmpireagainstAdal Sultanate

Casualties and lossesUnknownandHeavy; the army's commander killed

Record

Date	1516 (year precision)
Place	Fetegar, Ethiopia 9.033N, 38.733E
Kind	Battle, early modern
Strength	Unknown	Unknown
Casualties and losses	Unknown	Heavy; the army's commander killed
Commanders	Dawit II	Mahfuz Muhammad ibn Azhar ad-Din

Placed at Fetegar; 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 Embabo 1882, 150 km NW
Battle of Magdala 1868, 262 km N
Battle of Faggeta 1769, 335 km NW
Battle of Gur Amba 1852, 400 km N
Battle of Das 1332, 418 km NE

Elsewhere in 1516

Battle of Fatagar is one of 1,470 engagements of the 16th century in the atlas and one of 62 in present-day Ethiopia.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q141717835, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Fatagar (1516), revision 1380836139, 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.