In 1578 Sarsa Dengel defeated the Islamic Ottoman Empire in a battle in Tigray.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Addi_Qarro
1587 Battle of Hamasien
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarsa_DengelIn 1587, the Turks left the port of Hirgigo and advanced inland to take Debarwa (Hamasien) again. The Turks defeated the governor of Hamasien who fled to Tigray.
Upon hearing this, Sarsa Dengel mobilized his forces and crossed the Mereb river to repel the Turkish invaders who were pillaging the countryside.
He advanced to Debarwa and then launched a raid on the Ottoman fort at Hirgigo where he killed the Ottoman commander Kadawert Pasha[17]
The Turks then gave a peace offering to the Emperor and withdrew from Hirgigo, handing it over to a local Balaw chief.[1
If it wasn't for the Heroic Amhara Sarsa Dengel and the heroic Tigrayan Ras Alula Eritrea would have been Annexed into the Islamic Realm and Islamized by Turks.
The Banda king of Eritrea Yeshaq sold his Eritrea to jihadists to avoid Amhara rule just like Banda Ras Weldemikael sold Eritrea to Egypt to avoid Tigray Rule
Medri Bahri kings of Hamasien have always cowarded and sold their country to Arabs. They do not have the Axumite Imperial Spine
