mombasa sultanate

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Mombasa Sultanate

Mombasa Sultanate (Portugal)

Mombasa Sultanate (Great Britain)

Establishment

January 1503: Mvita (Kiswahili) or Manbasa (Arabic) sultanate independent from Kilwa Kisiwani.

Chronology

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1. War of the Portuguese Succession

Was a succession crisis caused by the death of the King of Portugal without heirs. The conflict saw two main claimants to the Portuguese throne: António, Prior of Crato, proclaimed in several towns as King of Portugal, and his first cousin Philip II of Spain, who eventually succeeded in claiming the crown, reigning as Philip I of Portugal.

October 1580: Philip II of Spain succeeded in claiming the Portuguese crown, reigning as Philip I of Portugal.

2. Conquests of Murad III

Expansion during the rule of Murad III in the Ottoman Empire.

2.1.Ottoman-Portuguese conflicts (1586-1589)

Were armed military engagements which took place between the Portuguese Empire and the Ottoman Empire along the coast of eastern Africa.

2.1.1.Ottoman backed revolt of Indian Ocean coast

Was a revolt backed by the Ottomans in the East African coast against Portuguese rule.

January 1586: Ottoman conquest of Mombasa.

January 1587: The Ottomans occupied Mombasa and built a fort there.

2.1.2.Portuguese Counterattack

Were a series of Portuguese military actions against African rebels and the Ottomans during the Ottoman-Portuguese conflicts (1586-1589).

March 1589: Battle of Mombasa.

3. Portuguese Restoration War

Was a revolution organized by the Portuguese nobility and bourgeoisie sixty years after the crowning of Philip I (Philip II of Spain), the first "dual monarch", that ended the Iberian Union.

November 1640: A revolution organized by the nobility and bourgeoisie on 1 December 1640, sixty years after the crowning of Philip I (Philip II of Spain), the first "dual monarch", ended the Iberian Union between Portugal and Spain.

4. Further events (Unrelated to Any War)

January 1529: In 1528, the Portuguese ransacked Mombasa again to finally take control of the East African coast.

March 1588: Mombasa fell under Ottoman Empire suzerainty.

August 1632: Mombasa become a Portuguese colony subordinated to Goa.

December 1698: The fort of Mombasa was subject to an epic two-year siege from 1696-98 by the Omani Arabs, led by Saif bin Sultan. The capture of the fort marked the end of Portuguese presence on the coast.

March 1728: Portuguese rule restored in Mombasa.

November 1729: Mombasa conquered by Imamate of Oman.

January 1747: The Mombasa Sultanate gains independency, which is disputed by Oman.

January 1801: Tumbatu Island state established.

February 1824: British provisional protectorate of the Mombasa Sultanate declared.

July 1826: Omani rule restored in Mombasa.