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IMPORTANT DATES AND YEARS TO NOTE AT THE COAST AFTER THE COMING OF THE OMAN ARABS

 the following are important dates and years related to the east African coast after the coming of the oman arabs

  • 1698 Oman Arabs imposed themselves at the coast. 
  • 1728 Portuguese tried to recapture the coast but the Arabs defeated them. 
  • 1741, a conflict began among Sultans at the coast of east Africa. 
  • 1791, Seyyid Said was born in Muscat of Oman. 
  • 1804 Seyyid Said took over power after the killing of his father. 
  • 1807, Seyyid Said expanded the Mazrui influence on the coast. 
  • 1817 Seyyid Said at sea had solved the problem of the enemies in Oman and pirates. 
  • In 1817, Seyyid Said sent ships to the coast and captured Pate. 
  • 1840, Seyyid Said shifted his capital from Muscat (Oman) to Zanzibar. 
  • In 1804, Seyyid Said’s father Sultan Bin Ahmed died. 
  • 1806 Seyyid Said decided to get rid of his cousin Bedr bin Said.
  •  In 1828, Seyyid Said visited Zanzibar and liked the area. 
  • In 1832 Seyyid Said made a trip to the coast of East Africa. 
  • In 1818, Arabs first experimented with Cloves growing in the east of East Africa. 
  • 1833, an agreement was signed between the United States and Seyyid said giving him the right to trade. 
  • In 1839, Seyyid Said signed a treaty with Chief Fundikira of the Nyamwezi by which Said’s
    traders were to go to his area. 
  • 1844 Seyyid Said signed treaties with France and Germany over trade. 
  • In 1807, a law was passed against Slave trade. 
  •  1833 Slavery was abolished. 
  • 1822 Seyyid Said signed the Moresby treaty aimed to stop slaves at the coast. 
  • 1824, Captain Owen set up the Owen Protectorate over Mombasa. 
  • 1845 Seyyid Said signed another treaty to end slavery that was the Hammerton treaty. 
  • 1856, Seyyid Said died.

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