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Kati ya Mombasa na Zanzibar, wa Omani walianza kuvamia wapi? Nakumbuka kusoma kwamba walianza kuvamia Mombasa na kwenda Zanzibar. Lakini naona hapo juu imeandikwa kwamba walianza kuvamia Zanzibar then wakaenda Mombasa.
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Mkuu Kiranga,
Oman walianza Zanzibar mwaka 1652.
Mombasa ilikuja baadae kwa sababu ilikuwa siyo kazi rahisi kutokana na Ngome ya Mombasa ( Fort Jesus) .Sultan wa Oman alijaribu 1661, sacked Mombasa, halafu akaja tena 1698 na kukaa mpaka 1728.
Baada ya 1698, chanzo kinaeleza , Oman wakaongeza koloni hii pamoja na Zanzibar na Pemba.
... In February 1661 the Sultan of Oman sacked the Portuguese town of Mombasa but did not attack the fort.
It was in 1696 that a large Omani Arabs expedition reached Mombasa, from 13 March 1696 the fort was under siege, in the morning of 13 December 1698 the Omani Arabs did the decisive attack and took the fort.
With the conquest of Fort Jesus , the whole coast of Kenya and Tanzania with Zanzibar and Pemba fell to the Omani Arabs.
The Portuguese retook the fort in 1728, because the African soldiers in the fort mutined against the Omanis.
Chanzo:
Mombasa-city.com
Zanzibar Chronology
www.zanzibar.cc/chronology.htm
1591 AD 17th November:
The “Edward Bonaventure”, under the command of Sir James Lancaster, reached Zanzibar on her journey east trying to reach the Indies. The ship dropped anchor at Unguja Ukuu, the old capital city on Zanzibar’s main island of Unguja, where water was drawn from the ancient well.
They took on provisions of fish, fruit, beef and chickens and remained till 15th Febrary 1592.
This was the first visit of an English ship to Zanzibar and Captain Lancaster noticed at this time that there were vessels arriving from Indian ports.
They came from Cutch, Kathiawar and Gujarat, in the north-west part of India.
This expedition led to the establishment of the British trade route to India and the founding of the British East India Company of which Lancaster became a director.
The “Edward” was wrecked in the East Indies later during this expedition and therefore never returned to England.
1594 AD The Portuguese built Fort Jesus at Mombasa.
1608 AD December: Captain Sharpey visited Pemba en route to India.
Together with some of his men, he was beguiled ashore and then attacked and killed by the inhabitants, at the instigation of the Portuguese.
1622 AD The Portuguese lost the straits of Hormuz to the Oman Arabs again.
1627 AD Mombasa and Pemba rebelled against the Portuguese.
1635 AD Arab insurrection in Mombasa and Pemba put down by the Portuguese.
1651 AD The Portuguese driven out of Muscat of Oman by Imam Sultan bin Saif. Imam Sultan then attacked the Portuguese possessions in East Africa.
1652 AD The Oman Arabs attacked Zanzibar Island.
This led to a general revolt against the Portuguese who quelled the rebellion with great severity. In doing so they destroyed the old capital, Unguja Ukuu.
1696 AD The Oman Arabs, under Imam Saif bin Sultan, conquered Mombasa from the Portuguese.
1699 AD Saif bin Sultan drove the Portuguese out of Pemba and Kilwa.
1711 AD Imam Saif bin Sultan died.
1727 AD The Portuguese re-took Mombasa temporarily.
1729 AD The Portuguese were finally driven out of Mombasa by the Oman Arabs after more than 200 years.