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Queen Sabla Wengel advised against this attack, arguing that Gama should wait until her son the Emperor Gelawdewos could march north from Shewa and join the Portuguese. However, Gama was concerned that if he marched around this Muslim-held strongpoint, the local peasantry would be disappointed and stop providing supplies for his troops. The Portuguese "Baçente" has been identified as referring to Amba Senayt in Haramat by R.S. Whiteway.

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  • Battle of Baçente
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  • Queen Sabla Wengel advised against this attack, arguing that Gama should wait until her son the Emperor Gelawdewos could march north from Shewa and join the Portuguese. However, Gama was concerned that if he marched around this Muslim-held strongpoint, the local peasantry would be disappointed and stop providing supplies for his troops. The Portuguese "Baçente" has been identified as referring to Amba Senayt in Haramat by R.S. Whiteway.
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  • 400(xsd:integer)
  • 1500(xsd:integer)
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Date
  • 1542-02-02(xsd:date)
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Casualties
  • 8(xsd:integer)
Result
  • Portuguese victory
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  • 25(xsd:integer)
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Conflict
  • Battle of Baçente
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  • Queen Sabla Wengel advised against this attack, arguing that Gama should wait until her son the Emperor Gelawdewos could march north from Shewa and join the Portuguese. However, Gama was concerned that if he marched around this Muslim-held strongpoint, the local peasantry would be disappointed and stop providing supplies for his troops. After a probing attack to learn the defenders defences, which Queen Sabla Wengel initially mistook for a defeat, Gama ordered an attack from three side directions on the following day. The defenders were annihilated, with neglegible losses to the Portuguese. Nine horses and a number of mules were captured, which afterwards proved useful. A mosque, which had originally been a church before the hillfort was occupied by Imam Ahmad ibn Ibrihim al-Ghazi's men, was reconsecrated as a church and dedicated to "Our Lady of Victory", and mass was celebrated there the next day. The expeditionary force spent the rest of February there, recovering from the battle. The Portuguese "Baçente" has been identified as referring to Amba Senayt in Haramat by R.S. Whiteway.
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