Fatagar

Fatagar (Amharic: ፈጠጋር) was a historical province that separated Muslim and Christian dominions in the medieval Horn of Africa.

Fatagar separated Ifat from Shewa and was south of the kingdom of Lasta bounded by the region of Endagabatan in the north west.

[citation needed] Fatagar was founded during the arrival of Islam in Eastern Ethiopia in the early 10th century, along with other confederates of Zeila such as Adal, Ifat, Shewa, Mora and Dawaro.

[12] The Abyssinian Emperor Amda Seyon I attacked the Muslim states surrounding his Ethiopian Empire, conquering all of them and making them tributaries in his royal court, with Fatagar falling alongside Ifat, Dawaro, Bale, Wej and many others.

[14] Another noted ruler was Ras Amdu from the Zway dynasty of Wej; according to one chronicle, his reputation was enough to dissuade the Abyssinians from invading Fatagar.

Amdu invaded Fetegar and several other kingdoms,[15] decisively defeating the Moslims; however, in his campaign, the Abyssinian king Eskender came to the support of the Muslims.

The Ethiopian king then focused on the southwestern side of Ethiopia, and there, Nur ibn Mujahid found an opportunity for jihad.

[22] Nur took a lot of damage in his first campaign; it took him nine years to recover, but he then got together an army of 1800 horsemen and 500 riflemen and numerous sword and bow men, and invaded Fatagar.