João the Gallician
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João the Gallician (anglicized: John the Gallician) was a 16th century Portuguese musketeer serving under Cristóvão da Gama and Emperor Gelawdewos during the Abyssinian-Adal War. In the Battle of Wayna Daga, contemporary sources state that João killed Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi, the leader of the Adal Empire, when he charged alone into the Adalite lines and died avenging his commander Cristóvão da Gama by fatally wounding Ahmad. [1][2]
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- ↑ The Portuguese expedition to Abyssinia in 1541-1543 as narrated by Castanhoso - Page 71 (lxxi) by J. Bermudez
- ↑ "...one of them, John the Gallician, pressing through the throng, levelled his matchlock and shot the Imam Ahmad in the breast; his own life was the price he paid for his success." Page 71 (lxxi) - R.S. Whiteway, editor and translator, The Portuguese Expedition to Abyssinia in 1441–1543, 1902.
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