Located north west of the old Fatagar region, bounded by Mugar, Gudar as well as Abay rivers.
[1] The region was likely under Ethiopian Christian control during Emperor Amda Seyon by the 14th century however it was contested by the Muslim Ifat Sultanate's Sabr ad-Din I.
Endagabatan was invaded by the Adal Sultanate under Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi in the middle of the sixteenth century.
In 1563 the region was also the site of a rebellion led by Emperor Sarsa Dengel's cousin Hamalmal which is known as the Battle of Endagabatan.
Modern day Endagabatan was incorporated into Shewa province in the 19th century.