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    Fort Jesus (Portuguese: Forte Jesus de Mombaça, Spanish: Fuerte de Jesús) is a fort located on Mombasa Island. Designed by Italian Giovanni Battista Cairati...
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    siege of Mombasa was an attack on the Portuguese city of Mombasa and Fort Jesus by the army of the Ya'rubid ruler of Oman, Saif I bin Sultan, from 13...
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    Arab, Asian, Portuguese and British settlers. In 1997, the Old Town and Fort Jesus were submitted by the National Museums of Kenya for selection in UNESCO's...
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    take over Mombasa a third time in 1589, and four years later they built Fort Jesus to administer the region. Between Lake Malawi and the Zambezi mouth, Kalonga...
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    Mombasa, besieging 2,500 people who had taken refuge in Fort Jesus. The Siege of Fort Jesus ended after 33 months when the thirteen survivors of famine...
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  • the south. The old harbour, which is named Port Tudor and guarded by Fort Jesus, and Tudor Creek separate the island from the northern mainland. Modern...
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    attacked Mombasa, besieging the Portuguese Fort Jesus, in which 2,500 civilians had taken refuge. The siege of the fort ended after 33 months when the garrison...
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    Namoratunga Thimlich Ohinga Ruins of Gedi Jumba la Mtwana Lamu Fort Siyu Fort Fort Jesus Tom Mboya Monument Dedan Kimathi Statue Baden-Powell grave Symbols...
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  • (1913) Convent of Jesus and Mary, Mumbai; Fort Convent, Mumbai (1855) St. Anne’s High School, Fort, Mumbai (1929) Convent of Jesus and Mary, Waverley...
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  • Castle Fortaleza Ozama Guzara Castle Fasilides Castle Kusquam Castle Fort Jesus Lord Egerton Castle (Ngata) Murzuk Castle in Murzuk Sabha Castle in Sabha...
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    Shema (1637–1664, 1664–1871) Fort St. Jago (Fort Conraadsburg), Elmina Osu Castle (Fort Christiansborg), Osu, Accra Fort Jesus, Mombasa, Kenya (1593–?) Thimlich...
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  • difficult and uncomfortable. Fort of St. Jerome (Jeronimo fort or Nani Daman Fort) Fort of Daman (Moti Daman Fort) Church of Bom Jesus Jain Temple: This 18th-century...
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  • Calvary Chapel Fort Lauderdale (CCFL) is an evangelical megachurch in Florida, with over 20,000 worshipers attending on average. Founded in 1985 by Bob...
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    la Mtwana Portuguese and Omani period Vasco da Gama Portuguese Empire Fort Jesus East African slave trade Omani Empire Said bin Sultan British colonial...
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    strategic control of ports and of shipping lanes. The construction of Fort Jesus in Mombasa in 1593 aimed to solidify Portuguese hegemony in the region...
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    their strategic control of ports and shipping lanes. The construction of Fort Jesus in Mombasa in 1593 was meant to solidify Portuguese hegemony in the region...
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    Namoratunga Thimlich Ohinga Ruins of Gedi Jumba la Mtwana Lamu Fort Siyu Fort Fort Jesus Tom Mboya Monument Dedan Kimathi Statue Baden-Powell grave Symbols...
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  • Fort Jesus Kenya Lake System in the Great Rift Valley Lake Turkana National Parks Lamu Old Town Mount Kenya Sacred Forests Thimlich Ohinga The United Nations...
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    1500 and 1700, but, with the Arab seizure of Portugal's key foothold at Fort Jesus on Mombasa Island (now in Kenya) in 1698 by Omani ruler Saif bin Sultan...
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    communication with the fort Jesus de Huenuraquí across the river securing the communications of the city of Santa Cruz de Coya in Catirai. Both forts and the city...
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  • Fort Convent School/Convent School was founded in 1855 by the Convent of Jesus and Mary in Fort, Mumbai, India. Fort Convent is a contributory school for...
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    Portuguese India Mombasa Sultanate Portuguese Victory Portuguese retake Fort Jesus Siege of Hooghly (1632) Part of Mughal-Portuguese conflicts Mughal Empire...
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    1698, before losing control of the coast to the Sultanate of Oman when Fort Jesus was captured. European exploration of the interior commenced in 1844 when...
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  • war against Oman, she sent supplies to the Europeans at the Siege of Fort Jesus. She was captured during the subsequent Omani occupation of Zanzibar and...
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    Red Fort to turn white". The Times of India. 20 May 2011. Archived from the original on 16 February 2013. Retrieved 4 December 2013. "Bom Jesus Basilica...
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  • ships and armoury, repeatedly bombarding Fort Jesus for a week until the Portuguese surrendered on 12 March. The fort was ruled by the Portuguese Empire, with...
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    1700, but, with the Arab Muslim seizure of Portugal's key foothold at Fort Jesus on Mombasa Island (now in Kenya) in 1698, the pendulum began to swing...
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    la Mtwana Portuguese and Omani period Vasco da Gama Portuguese Empire Fort Jesus East African slave trade Omani Empire Said bin Sultan British colonial...
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  • family’s connection to the Portuguese built Fort Jesus in Mombasa where his family once ruled the city from that fort, establishing a dynasty that lasted a...
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