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HISTORY. 



trees, and escaped with his ' Pandis ' to Southern 

 Arabia. 



Fatal example ! Mombasah thus learned 

 that Europeans were easily conquered. The 

 wasted island was re-occupied by the Portu- 

 guese, and the citadel was repaired in a.d. 1635. 

 But after 'Hormuz and Maskat had fallen into 

 the hands of the Persians and the Arabs, the 

 Yurabi Imam of Oman, Sultan bin Sayf, be- 

 sieged Mombasah about a.d. 1660, and, after five 

 years' investment, captured only the fort. His 

 son and successor, Sayf bin Sultan, whose squad- 

 ron was aided by the noble Arab tribe Mazrui, 

 and by the dependent Wasawaliili, again at- 

 tacked the Portuguese, recovered the fort, mas- 

 sacred its defendaiits, and established an Arab 

 governor. This decisive event took place on the 

 9th of Jemadi el Akhir, a. h. 1100 (December 

 14, 1698), a date celebrated in many a local 

 ballad. 



I have sketched the modern history of Mom- 

 basah when chronicling that of Zanzibar. Sayyid 

 Said, wiser than the Portuguese, secured his 

 conquest by the Tarquinian operation of striking 

 down all the tallest growth. Por our temporary 

 protectorate Capt. Boteler is the best authority, 

 and since a.d. 1837 the place has no name in the 



