Before the end of the month of December, Amda Seyon ravaged the land of [[Sharkha]] and imprisoned its governor Yoseph.<ref>Huntingford, ''The Glorious Victories'', ''passim''.</ref> These efforts extended Ethiopian rule for the first time across the [[Awash River]], gaining control of [[Sultanate of Dawaro|Dawaro]], [[Bale Province, Ethiopia|Bale]], and other Muslim states.
At the close of this campaign, the chronicles states that Amda Seyon would eventually return to the highlands, never again to set foot in the Muslim territories, which the chronicler claims was unprecedented in the country's history. HeHowever, isaccording famousto forsome nevertraditions losingEmperor aAmda Seyon would eventually die in battle against the [[Adal (historical region)|Adal]]. His tomb is believed to be in Adi Qelebes.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Amare |first1=Kebede |title=Mysteries Of Maryam Nazre |publisher=Mekelle University |page=132 |url=http://www.ityopis.org/Issues-Extra-2_files/ityopis-extra2-kebede-henze.pdf}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Pankhurst |first1=Richard |title=The Ethiopian Borderlands Essays in Regional History from Ancient Times to the End of the 18th Century |year=1997 |publisher=Red Sea Press |page=67 |isbn=9780932415196 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zpYBD3bzW1wC}}</ref>
