- List of colonial heads of Mombasa
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List of Colonial Heads of Mombasa
(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)
Tenure Incumbent Notes Mvita (Swahili) / Manbasa (Arabic) sultanate Independent from Kilwa Kisiwani Portuguese Suzerainty 1593 to 1596 Mateus de Vasconcelos, Captain-Major 1596 to 1598 António de Andrade, Captain-Major 1598 to 1606 Rui Soares de Melo, Captain-Major 1606 to 1609 Gaspar Pereira, Captain-Major 1609 to 1610 Pedro de Abreu, Captain-Major 1610 to 1614 Manuel Pereira, Captain-Major 1614 to 1620 Simão Pereira, Captain-Major 1620 to 1625 Francisco Pereira, Captain-Major 1625 to 1629 Marçal de Macedo, Captain-Major 1629 to 15 August 1631 Pedro de Gambôa, Captain-Major 15 August 1631 to 1635 Pedro Botelho, Captain-Major 1635 to 1638 Francisco de Seixas e Cabreira, Captain-Major 1st Term Portuguese Colony under Goa 1638 to 1639 Francisco de Seixas e Cabreira, Captain-Major 1st Term 1639 to 1642 Martim Manuel, Captain-Major 1642 to 1643 ...., Captain-Major 1643 to 1646 Manuel Coutinho, Captain-Major 1646 to 1651 António de Meneses, Captain-Major 1651 to 1653 Francisco de Seixas e Cabreira, Captain-Major 2nd Term 1653 to 1658 ..., Captain-Major 1658 to 1663 José da Silva, Captain-Major 1663 to 1667 Manuel de Campos, Captain-Major 1667 to 1670 João Cota, Captain-Major 1670 to 1671 vacant 1671 to 1673 João da Costa, Captain-Major 1673 to 1676 Manuel de Campos, Captain-Major 1676 to 1679 Francisco Faria, Captain-Major 1679 to 16?? Manuel Franco, Captain-Major 16?? to 1682 Pedro Henriques, Captain-Major 1682 to 1686 João Portugal, Captain-Major 1688 to 1693 Duarte de Melo, Captain-Major 1693 to 1694 Pascual Sarmento, Captain-Major 1694 to 1696 João Leão, Captain-Major 1696 to 1697 Antonio de Melo, Captain-Major 1697 to 1698 Dau, príncipe de Faza, Captain-Major 1698 to 12 December 1698 Leonardo Barbosa Souto-Maior, Captain-Major Omani Suzerainty Wali (Swahili: Liwali) (Governors) 12 December 1698 to December 1698 Imam Sa‘if ibn Sultan, Wali December 1698 to 12 March 1728 Nasr ibn Abdallah al-Mazru‘i, Wali Portuguese Suzerainty Portuguese Colony under Goa 12 March 1728 to 21 September 1729 Álvaro Caetano de Melo Castro, Captain-Major Omani Suzerainty Wali (Swahili: Liwali) (Governors) 1729 to 1735 ..., Wali 1735 to 1739 Sa‘id al-Hadermi, Wali 1739 to 1745 Muhammad ibn Uthman al-Mazru‘i, Wali 1746 ‘Ali ibn Uthman al-Mazru‘i, Wali Independent (disputed with Oman) 1746 to 1755 Sultan ‘Ali ibn Uthman al-Mazru‘i 1755 to 1773 Sultan Masud ibn Naisr al-Mazru‘i 1773 to 1782 Sultan Abdallah ibn Muhammad al-Mazru‘i 1782 to 1811 Sultan Ahmad ibn Muhammad al-Mazru‘i 1812 to 1823 Sultan ‘Abd Allah ibn Ahmad al-Mazru‘i Omani Suzerainty 1823 to 1826 Sultan Sulayman ibn ‘Ali al-Mazru‘i 1826 to March 1835 Salim ibn Ahmad al-Mazru‘i, Wali March 1835 to 1836 Nasur ibn Ahmad al-Mazru‘i, Wali 1836 to 1837 Rashid ibn Salim al-Mazru‘i 1837 to 24 June 1837 Khamis ibn Rashid al-Mazru‘i 1837 to 1860 Abdallah ibn Hamish al-Mazru‘i 1860 to 1873 Mubarrak ibn Rashid al-Mazru‘i 1873 to 1 July 1895 Rashid ibn Hamish al-Mazru‘i British Suzerainty British Protectorate 9 February 1824 to 13 February 1824 William Fitzwilliam Wentworth Owen, Governor 13 February 1824 to 29 May 1824 John James Reitz, Governor 29 May 1824 to September 1824 vacant September 1824 to 25 July 1826 J.B. Emery, Governor Zanzibari Suzerainty 24 June 1837 Annexed by Zanzibar British Suzerainty 25 May 1887 Administration handed to the British East Africa Association 1 July 1895 Kenya protectorate coastal strip nominally under Zanzibari sovereignty 12 December 1963 Incorporated into independent Kenya See also
- Kenya
- Heads of State of Kenya
- Heads of Government of Kenya
- Colonial Heads of Kenya
- Lists of incumbents
Categories:- History of Kenya
- Lists of governors
- Kenya
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