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ʿAlī ibn Uthman al-Mazrui

Omani clan leader

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history of Omani East Africa

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    In eastern Africa: The Omani ascendancy

    In 1746 a Mazrui notable, ʿAlī ibn Uthman al-Mazrui, overthrew an Omani force that had murdered his brother. Soon after he seized Pemba and, but for a family quarrel, might have won Zanzibar; his successor, Masʿūd ibn Nāṣir, initiated a pattern of cooperation with Pate, maintained close links with inland…

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