 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Kutonga kwake kwakatungamirirwa nekurwisana naAhmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi munguva yehondo yeAdal yeEthiopiakusvikira kukundwa kwaAhmad uye rufu muhondo yeWayna Daga musi waFebruary 21, 1543. Gelawdewos akapedza nguva nesimba rake achiunganidza vanhu vake kuti varwe naAhmad, kutsunga kwaakaita semunyori wenhoroondo kwakatadzisa kutendeuka kwaAhmad nechisimba kuti kuve kwechigarire. Nekufa kwaAhmad, Gelawdewos haana kungokwanisa kudzinga mauto eMuslim asina mutungamiri kubva kuEthiopia Highlands, asiwo kubva kunzvimbo dzakadzika kumabvazuva, dzaisanganisira Sultanate yeDawaro neBale. Akatendeudzirawo ngwariro yake kuvaEtiopia vakawanda vakanga vayambuka kurutivi rwaImam, zvimwe kuti vazvifambise mberi vamene kana kuti nokuda kwokuzvidzivirira. Nepo vamwe vakazvipa vamene kuna Gelawdewos vachikarira kuregererwa bedzi kuti vaurawe, kune vamwe vazhinji iye akapa mufambiro wake wakachengeteka, mukuwirirana naMiguel de Castanhoso, nokuti kwakanga kune vakawanda kwazvo avo vakanga vabatana naImam Ahmad zvokuti kudai akanga arayira kuti vose vaurawe, iye angadai akasara ari oga. 