Somali–Portuguese conflicts

Somali–Portuguese conflicts
	; The Horn of Africa depicted in a 16th century Portuguese map.
Date	1505–1543 ; (38 years)
Location	Ethiopia, Horn of Africa
Belligerents
Portuguese Empire; Supported by: Ethiopian Empire; Kingdom of Malindi;	Sultanate of Adal; Ajuran Sultanate; Supported by: Ottoman Empire;
Commanders and leaders
Tristão da Cunha (WIA); Afonso de Albuquerque; Lopo Soares de Albergaria; João de Sepúlveda (WIA); António Correia †; Dom Cristóvão da Gama ; Gonçalo Vaz de Távora; Emperor Gelawdewos; Seble Wongel	Rasul ibn Ali ; Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi †; Sayid Mehmed †

Somali–Portuguese conflicts refers to the armed engagements between Portuguese forces and Somali forces, namely those of the Adal Sultanate and the cities of Barawa and Mogadishu in the 16th century.

Portugal made a notable intervention in the Ethiopian–Adal War on the side of Christian Ethiopia and although Cristóvão da Gama, the commander of the Portuguese expeditionary corps was captured and executed for not converting to Islam, the remaining Portuguese continued on campaign and Ethiopia was ultimately defended successfully.