Gaal Madow wars

Gaal Madow wars
Date Mid-17th century Location Ethiopia, Somalia Result Ajuran victory Ajuran successfully resist the Oromo Invasion. Ajuran defeat The Oromo invaders.
Belligerents
Ajuran Sultanate	Oromo Warriors

The Gaal Madow wars were a series of armed military encounters between Ajuran Sultanate and invading Oromo Warriors, in the Horn of Africa.

Background

Main article: Oromo migrations

Map of Oromo Migration The Oromo migrations done significant damage to the Ethiopian Empire and other empires in Horn of Africa.

In the mid-17th century, the Oromo Nation began expanding from its homeland around Lake Abaya in southern Ethiopia towards the southern Somali coast at the time when the Ajuran was at the height of its power.

The War

The Garen rulers of the Ajuran Empire carried out military conquests known as Gaal Madow Wars against the Oromo warriors, converting whoever was captured into Islam. The defeated Oromo had no option but to migrate elsewhere.

See also

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History of Somalia
Prehistory Land of Punt (2,500-1,500 BCE)
Ancient Macrobians Berber city-states (c. 1st century) Azania city-states (c. 1st century)
Middle Ages Sultanate of Ifat (940 - 1415) Adal Sultanate (1415 - 1577) Ajuran Sultanate (13th-17th c.) Sultanate of Mogadishu (13th-16th c.)
Early modern Geledi Sultanate (17th-1911) Isaaq Sultanate (1750 - 1884) Habr Yunis Sultanate (1769 - 1907) Hiraab Imamate (17th-1890) Majeerteen Sultanate (18th-1924) Sultanate of Hobyo (1876-1926)
Colonial period (1884–1960) Italian Somaliland (1889-1941) Dervish movement (1896-1920) Trust Territory (1941-1960)
Modern Somalia (since 1960) Somali Republic (1960-1969) Communist rule (1969-1991) Somaliland independence (1981-1991) Interim Government (1991-1997) Transitional National Government (2000-2004) Transitional Federal Government (2004-2012) Federal Government (2012-)

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• Isaaq Sultanate

Sources

• Cassanelli, Lee V. (1982). The Shaping of Somali Society: Reconstructing the History of a Pastoral People, 1600–1900. University of Pennsylvania Press. ISBN 0-8122-7832-1. Search this book on

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