Ethiopia loses the Ethiopian-Adal War

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Over the next several days, Imam Ahmad's forces were reinforced by arrivals of fresh troops. Understanding the need to act swiftly, da Gama on April 16 again formed a square which he led against Imam Ahmad's camp. Although the Muslims fought with more determination than two weeks earlier -- their horse almost broke the Portuguese square -- an opportune explosion of some gunpowder traumatized the horses on the Imam's side, and his army fled in disorder. Castanhoso laments that "the victory would have been complete this day had we only one hundred horses to finish it: for the King was carried on men's shoulders in a bed, accompanied by horsemen, and they fled in no order."[16]

What if the explosion doesn't happen, and the Porteguese line is broken?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmed_Gragn#Ethnicity
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethiopian-Adal_War
 
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