about a hundred years later, the king of adal was deposed by an influential warlord by the name of ahmad ibn ibrahim al-ghazi, who had lots of influence with somali clans across the north. he declared a jihad against ethiopia, brought together a huge army that included turkish musketeers and somali cavalry. the somali cavalry were especially deadly because they could shoot arrows while riding their horses, something that the mongol hordes and japanese samurai are also famous for.