Draft:Conquest of Shewa

The Conquest of Shewa was an event that started in 1276 and ended in 1286. The Conquest of Shewa was where the Sultanate of Ifat had invaded the Sultanate of Shewa after previously declaring independence from it. The Event was started by Umar Walasma in December 1276 and finished by Ali Baziyu in February 1286, Killing all the Shewa Sultans and officially beginning the rise of the Ifat Sultanate.

Backround
The Yifat Sultanate had previously declared independence from the Sultanate of Shoa in 1275, with Umar Walasma forming the Sultanate after previously being the Governor of the Yifat Province. Walasama would have then began the Walashma dynasty from there, and he would have also wanted to fully conquer the Shoa Sultanate, to expand his Sultanate from its small rump state.

War
Umar Walasma would have began his Invasion in December 1276, but he would have died shortly after, which led to one of his sons, Ali Baziyu to inherit the Yifati Throne, and to manage the campaign after him. Ali then burned the then capital of the Makhzumi dynasty which was called Walalah, in September 1277. After that, In August 1278, the Shewan Sultan, Dil-marrah had been reported to have fled from Walalah, this date also marks the beginning of the reign of Sultan Dil-gamis of Shewa. Dil-marrah had fled to the Ethiopian Empire to get protection from the Solomonic court in January 1279 and in June 1279, Dil-gamis was reported to have met the Sultan Ali Baziyu in a place called "Zuwaharu". This would have marked the beginning of the Battle of Duwwanla against a certain 'Abdallah ibn Ganah which was followed by the burning of Abut in the year 1280, Ali and Dil-gamis were then reported to have gone to a place known as "Hal", and after that was the occurance of the Sack of Wagar in the month of Ramadan. (5th Jan to 3rd Feb 1280). Dil-marrah had then gone to Abut in May 1280. Sultan Ali then had entered Shewa and the assumption of his reign there took place on the 21st of April 1280, after which he remained there for eleven nights. Sultan Ali was then reported to sojourned in several towns in the region in May 1282. An entire year later, he began an expedition in Mukha in April 1283 after which the Sultan of Shewa, Dil-Marrah was captured and then killed in May 1283. Sultan Ali then marched and occupied several other towns and territories which were known as; Kabad, Karor, Abut and Hbd in the Hamilah mountains and in the same year, he had also reportedly annihilated a land known to be as Tasimah.

From the 6th June to the 4th of July 1285, Ali went on a campaign in a territory known as Hb'i in the chronicles, in this expedition he was reported to have sacked and completely "annihilated to the ground" two cities called Hbt and Amg; he then had began to raid two territories known as Hma and 'Atquta and met an army at an area known as Busa.

As soon as he came back from that campaign, Ali of Ifat then deposed and killed all the Sultans of Shewa in August 1285 and then appointed his own ruler to Shewa who was called Mkhz, however, Mkhz soon after rebelled against Ali in Ramadan of that year (31st October - 29th November 1285).

Aftermath
After Shewa had been conquered by Ifat, some parts of Shewa such as Tegulet would have been annexed into the Ethiopian Empire, and the rest of Shewa would have become apart of the Ifat Sultanate, and Ifat would keep the parts of Shewa until the Conquests of Amde Tsiyon from 1314-1344.