Ugly paintingIn the time of Imam ahmad, the Adalites had leverage and deported ottoman forces from the horn to Yemen when Sultan Suleiman and Imam Ahmad Gurey got into a diplomatic dispute over what to do with the Portuguese generals remains. The ottomans wanted him to be sent to instanbul, but instead Imam ahmad defeated Cristovao da Gama and had him beheaded in Harar.
Do you think Somali president can do anything against even Turkish mercenaries? Let alone armies?
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Such prestige may never be seen again sadly.In the time of Imam ahmad, the Adalites had leverage and deported ottoman forces from the horn to Yemen when Sultan Suleiman and Imam Ahmad Gurey got into a diplomatic dispute over what to do with the Portuguese generals remains. The ottomans wanted him to be sent to instanbul, but instead Imam ahmad defeated Cristovao da Gama and had him beheaded in Harar.
Do you think Somali president can do anything against even Turkish mercenaries? Let alone armies?
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Enslave kulaha your head is stuck in the middle ages.Mark my words the Turks are going to enslave our government they already have been allowed to build a huge “embassy” palace right on the beach. They have soldiers stationed in Somalia, and own many businesses next they will be extracting resources for their own benefit.
I thought that was obvious. The Ottomans had only conquered Yemen in 1539, a full decade after the Adal-Ethiopia war started. They barely had any idea what was going on in the Horn and by the time they gave support the Adalites had already conquered 2/3 of Ethiopia.The Ottomans really didn't play that big of a partnership with Adal as people make them out to
Who opened an account for this fobwe need to have it happen, lets bring back the adal sultanate and ottoman empire
Oh yeah, what about the firearms and cannons? Didn't Adal import them from the Ottomans?The Ottomans really didn't play that big of a partnership with Adal as people make them out to. If you look closely at the sources from that period . Even in the war against Ethiopia/Abyssinia and Portugal.
Key Dimensions in Abyssinia-Ottoman Relations in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries: A Critical Review of Literatures
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They had more active and direct relationship with Ethiopia and the Eritrean coast instead.