 Kunyange zvazvo Adal yaiva nharaunda yeEthiopia, sultanate, pasi pehutungamiri hweGeneral Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi uye nerutsigiro rweHurumende yeOttoman nedzimwe nyika dzechiMuslim mudunhu iri, dzakapinda muEthiopia muna 1531. Hondo yakateverarakaramba richienderera mberi kusvikira muna 1543, panguva iyo chikamu chikuru cheEthiopia chakakundwa. Kwaiva bedzi nebetsero yoUmambo hwePortugal naCristóvão da Gama kuti Ethiopia yakakwanisa kudzorera nharaunda yayo yakarasika ndokukurira hondo yacho. Zvisinei, zvose zviri zviviri zvikamu zvechiKristu nechiMuslim zveEthiopia zvakapera simba zvikuru nehondo; izvi zvakaratidzwa sechinhu chinogona kuitika chekutama kwevaOromo kwezana ramakore rechi16. Kubva pamaonero ezvematongerwe enyika, echitendero uye ezvetsika, pakati pezana remakore rechi16 kunoratidza kuchinja kubva muMiddle Ages kuenda munguva yemazuva ano. 