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The last Portuguese foothold on the East …
Years: 1684 - 1827
The last Portuguese foothold on the East African coast is dislodged in 1728 from the great Mombasa castle of Fort Jesus.
From this point until the European "scramble" for African colonies in the 1880s, the Omanis will exercise a shadowy authority over the Banaadir coast.
Omani rule over the Somalis consists for the most part of a token annual tribute payment and the presence of a resident qadi (Muslim judge) and a handful of askaris (territorial police).
Whereas the Banaadir coast is steadily drawn into the orbit of Zanzibari rulers, ...
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- Arab people
- Omanis
- Somalis
- Persian people
- Islam
- Portuguese people
- Ajuran Sultanate
- Portugal, Avizan (Joannine) Kingdom of
- Portuguese Empire
- Ottoman Empire
- Portuguese Mozambique
- Portugal, Habsburg (Philippine) Kingdom of
- Oman, Second Imamate of
- Portugal, Bragança Kingdom of
- Oman, Sultanate of
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Years: 1684 - 1827
Locations
Groups
- Arab people
- Omanis
- Somalis
- Persian people
- Islam
- Portuguese people
- Ajuran Sultanate
- Portugal, Avizan (Joannine) Kingdom of
- Portuguese Empire
- Ottoman Empire
- Portuguese Mozambique
- Portugal, Habsburg (Philippine) Kingdom of
- Oman, Second Imamate of
- Portugal, Bragança Kingdom of
- Oman, Sultanate of
Topics
Commodoties
Subjects
Regions
Subregions