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  • Battle of Wofla
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  • While fleeing the battlefield with 14 soldiers, Gama, with his arm broken from a bullet, was captured that night by followers of Imam Ahmad, who had been led into the brush they had taken refuge in by an old woman. He was then brought into the presence of the Imam Ahmad, who tortured his captured opponent, then in the end the Imam drew his sword and beheaded Gama.
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Strength
  • 20
  • 23
  • About 290 Portuguese musketeers
  • Between 600-900 Ottoman musketeers
  • several thousand foot
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Partof
Date
  • 1542-08-28
Commander
Casualties
  • 8
  • 160
  • unknown
Result
  • Decisive Somali-Ottoman victory
combatant
  • 25
Place
  • modern Wofla, Ethiopia
Conflict
  • Battle of Wofla
abstract
  • While fleeing the battlefield with 14 soldiers, Gama, with his arm broken from a bullet, was captured that night by followers of Imam Ahmad, who had been led into the brush they had taken refuge in by an old woman. He was then brought into the presence of the Imam Ahmad, who tortured his captured opponent, then in the end the Imam drew his sword and beheaded Gama.