| Second Arab-Ethiopian War | |||||||||
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| Part of Fall of the Rashidun Caliphate | |||||||||
 Prince and future Emperor Theodore leading his troops at the Battle of Fayyum | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
 Rashidun Caliphate
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 Ethiopian Empire Shahdom of IranSultanate of Cyprus (until 1706)  Sultanate of Oman (until 1705)
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| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
| Caliph Abu Bakr ibn Issa Yahya Al-Bard |
Emperor Iyasu Theodore Iyasu | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
| 20,000 Kilab Al-Rub 170,000 Moroccan troops 190,000 Arab troops 40,000 Swahili troops 3 Omani ships 5 Cypriot ships |
280,000 Ethiopian troops 2,000 Persian troops | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| 150,000 Arab troops 90,000 Moroccan troops 800 Swahili troops 200,000 Arab civilians 500,000 Oromo civilians 1 Omani ship |
30,000 Ethiopian troops killed 200 Persian troops killed | ||||||||
The Second Arab-Ethiopian War was a conflict in the early 18th century between the Coptic and Muslim populations within the Rashidun Caliphate. It resulted in the Treaty of Cairo in 1718, which created the Ethiopian Empire, as well as partition the rest of the Caliphate between its powerful successor states such as Maghreb and Jaffarid Arabia.