killed. The Turks then gave a peace offering to the Emperor and withdrew from Hirgigo handing it over to a local Beja chief. Campaigns against the Oromo In the 1570s several Oromo tribes had begun migrating north towards Abyssinia. In 1572 Sarsa Dengel fought off a raid by the Borana Oromo under a luba named Ambissa near Lake Zway. In 1574 after finding out the Oromo had conquered the province of Wej the Emperor gathered his forces from throughout Ethiopia to form an army at Gind Beret. From there, Sarsa Dengel headed south, where he found that the Oromo had also taken Maya. Sarsa Dengel was able to defeat the Oromo forcing them to flee towards Fatager. In 1576 Sarsa Dengel learned of Oromo raids in Shewa, but was too busy fighting the Ottomans in the north. The Emperor sent Azzaj Halibo with 50 cavalry to expel the Oromos from the area, Halibo then sent the heads of 80 Oromo chiefs back to the Emperor. After defeating the Ottoman backed Yeshaq in the north, in 1578 Sarsa Dengel moved south to confront the Oromo in Shewa, the Emperor defeated the Borana Oromo in Mojjo Valley (just east of modern Addis Ababa), according to Bahrey the corpses of dead Oromos were strewn all over the surrounding countryside. Under luba Mul'eta a large Oromo raid was made on Gojjam in 1586. With the Ottoman situation in the north largely under control, Sarsa Dengel again took the initiative against the Oromo in the south, where he forced the Dawé Oromo in Wej to flee. Bahrey praised Sarsa Dengel's campaign, stating that he "did not act according to the custom of the kings his ancestors, who, when making war were in the habit of sending their troops ahead, remaining themselves in the rear with the pick of their cavalry and infantry, praising those who went forward bravely and punishing those who lagged behind." Later campaigns Sarsa Dengel campaigned against the Beta Israel in Semien province in 1580, and again in 1585. He also campaigned against the Agaw in 1581, and in 1585. He campaigned against the Gambo who dwelled in the lands west of the Chomen swamp in 1590. Sarsa Dengel campaigned in Ennarea twice, the first time in 1586, and the second time in 1597. On the final campaign against the Oromo, his Chronicle records, a group of monks tried to dissuade him