Siege of Hubat

Datelikely 1525 or 1526

Location

Hubat, Adal Sultanate

Result Adalite victory

Siege of Hubat
Date likely 1525 or 1526 Location Hubat, Adal Sultanate Result Adalite victory
Belligerents
Adal Sultanate	Hubat principality
Commanders and leaders
Sultan Abu Bakr	Garad Umar Din † Ahmed ibn Ibrahim

The siege of Hubat was a military campaign carried out by Abu Bakr ibn Muhammad, Sultan of Adal Sultanate, against the Hubat principality.^[1][2]

The siege lasted more than a week in which Hubat leader Garad Umar Din would lose his life, resulting in a victory for the reigning Sultan Abu Bakr ibn Muhammad.^[3] However, according to sixteenth century Adal writer Arab Faqīh, the future leader of Adal, Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi evaded capture.^[4]