A HORN WITH A HISTORY 



They paid the money and the Horn was given to 

 Kombo bin Sham and Nasiri bin Abdalla, and a 

 document was written out by the Wali that it was 

 the property of the Wazee of Patte and to be kept 

 by Kombo bin Sham. It remained with him till Said 

 bin Hamed became Wali. He seized it by force and 

 put it in Lamu Fort along with the Lamu brass Horn. 



During the reign of the Nahaban Sultans at 

 Witu, it was offered by the then Wali of Lamu, Said 

 bin Hamed, to the then Sultan Ahmed of Witu upon 

 condition that he would hoist the Zanzibar flag, and 

 if he would seize Mbaruk of the Manzrui he would 

 be eiven one thousand dollars besides. Sultan 

 Ahmed refused to do so, and the Siwa remained 

 in the Fort. By an arrangement between the Ex- 

 Wali Abdulla bin Hamed and Mr. Rogers, Sub- 

 Commissioner, it was placed in the house of the 

 latter, where it still is. 



It was customary both in Mr. Rogers' and Mr. 

 Macdouofall's time to lend it to certain of the old 

 families of Lamu for any marriage or other family 

 ceremony (Harusi). 



The above information has been given to me by 

 Sultan of Witu, W^ali of Lamu, Sherif Abdulla bin 

 Hamed Redemi Witu, Ali bin Khalid of the Waziri, 

 the hereditary custodian of the Lamu trumpet. 

 Mawia bin Mohamed Lamu 



MOHAMED BIN HaMEU LaMU 



Abubokar bin Mohamed Lamu 



Etc., etc. 

 A. T. Reddie, 

 Provincial Commissioner. 



It was now getting late, so I was obliged very 



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