With the assistance of tribal fighters from Oman’s Zubara region, Zanzibar nominally annexes the city on June 24.

A British protectorate over Mombasa, represented by governors, had been in place from early 1824 to mid-1826.

Omani rule had been restored in 1826; seven liwalis* had been appointed.

Lying on the Indian Ocean, Mombasa is today the second largest city in Kenya, with a major port and an international airport.

*Wali, in use in some Muslim countries today, is an administrative title that is used during the Ottoman Empire to designate governors of administrative divisions; the division that a Wali governs is called wilayah.