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Badlay
Badlay was a sultan of Adal who led a war against the Ethiopian Empire in the fifteenth century. He was killed in 1445 at the Battle of Gomit, where his forces were defeated by Emperor Zara Yaqob. His death was a severe setback for the Adal Sultanate.
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