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THE < EMOZAYDIS: 



tyranny of their chief, visited the coast, founded 

 Makdishu and Brava, and extended to Sofala. 

 The 6 Emozaydis,' unwilling to accept orthodox 

 rule, retired into the interior, intermingled with 

 the Kafir race, and became the Bedawin of the 

 country. The second Persian emigration took 

 place early in our eleventh century. A certain Ali, 

 son of a £ Moorish ' Sultan Hasan, who governed 

 Shiraz, by an Abyssinian slave, finding himself 

 despised by his six brethren, fled with wife and 

 family in two ships from Hormuz to East Africa. 

 At Makdishu and Brava, finding Arabs of another 

 faith (Sunnis), he went to Kilwa Island, bought 

 land with cloth, took the title of Sultan, and 

 fortified himself against the Kafirs and against 

 the Moslems of Songo-Songo and Changa, whose 

 dominion extended to Mompana (Mafiyeh) . The 

 latter, together with other islets, was conquered 

 by his son, Sultan 6 Ali Bumale,' and the 

 dynasty lasted a grand total of 541 lunar years 

 before the arrival of Cabral at Kilwa in July, 

 a. d. 1500. These Shirazis originated the noble 

 family of the Wasawahili, who do not claim 

 descent from the older 6 Emozaydis.' 1 



The Mahadimu, or serviles, a word derived 

 from the Arabic Makhadim, the 6 Mohaydin ' of 



1 Further details will be given in Part II. chap xi. 



