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 | | Imam Ahmad was born near Zeila, a port city located in northwestern Somalia Somaliland (then part of Adal, a tributary Muslim state to the Christian Ethiopian Solomonic dynasty), and married Bati del Wambara, the daughter of governor Mahfuz of Zeila. |
 | | Imam Ahmad campaigned again in Ethiopia in 1531, breaking Emperor Lebna Dengel's ability to resist in the Battle of Amba Sel on October 28, then marched north to loot the island monastery of Lake Hayq and the stone churches of Lalibela. |
 | | This battle ended when Imam Ahmad was wounded in the leg by a chance shot, and seeing his banners signal retreat, the Portuguese and their Ethiopian allies fell upon the disorganized Muslims, who suffered losses but managed to reform next to the river on the distant side. |
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