<P> Between 1528 and 1540 , armies of Muslims , under the Imam Ahmad ibn Ibrihim al - Ghazi , entered Ethiopia from the low country to the south - east , and overran the Abyssinian Kingdom , obliging the Emperor to take refuge in the mountain fastnesses . In this remote location , the ruler again turned to the Portuguese . João Bermudes , a subordinate member of the mission of 1520 , who had remained in the country after the departure of the embassy , was , according to his own statement ( which is untrustworthy ) , ordained successor to the Abuna ( archbishop ) , and sent to Lisbon . Bermudes certainly came to Europe , but with what credentials is not known . </P>
<P> Between 1528 and 1540 , armies of Muslims , under the Imam Ahmad ibn Ibrihim al - Ghazi , entered Ethiopia from the low country to the south - east , and overran the Abyssinian Kingdom , obliging the Emperor to take refuge in the mountain fastnesses . In this remote location , the ruler again turned to the Portuguese . João Bermudes , a subordinate member of the mission of 1520 , who had remained in the country after the departure of the embassy , was , according to his own statement ( which is untrustworthy ) , ordained successor to the Abuna ( archbishop ) , and sent to Lisbon . Bermudes certainly came to Europe , but with what credentials is not known . </P>
which european group forged an alliance with the ethiopian kingdom in the 1540s
which european group forged an alliance with the ethiopian kingdom in the 1540s
the Portuguese
the Portuguese