Rulers of Pate
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List of Rulers of Pate
Located at Pate Island
, Kenya
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Term
Incumbent
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1203
Pate
sultanate independence from Kilwa Kisiwani
Mfalume (Sultans)
Nabahani Dynasty
1688 to 1713
Bwana Mkuu
, Mfalume
1713 to 17??
Bwana Tamu
, Mfalume
1779 to 1809
Fumo Madi ibn Abi Bakr
, Mfalume
1809 to 1813
Ahmad ibn Shaykh, Mfalume
1813 to 1818
Fumo Luti Kipunga ibn Fumo Madi, Mfalume
1818 to 18??
Fumo Luti ibn Ahmad, Mfalume
18?? to 1823
Bwana Shaykh ibn Fumo Madi, Mfalume
1st Term
1823 to 18??
Bwana Waziri ibn Bwana Tamu, Mfalume
1st Term
18?? to 18??
Bwana Shaykh ibn Fumo Madi, Mfalume
2nd Term
18?? to 1830
Bwana Waziri ibn Bwana Tamu, Mfalume
2nd Term
1830 to 1840
Fumo Bakari ibn Shaykh, Mfalume
1840 to 1856
Ahmad ibn Fumo Bakari, Mfalume , see Wituland
1856 to 1858
Ahmad Simba Balla ibn Fumo Luti, Mfalume
… Dynasty
1858 to 1870
Shaykh Muhammad, Mfalume
1870
State abolished
Located at Pate Island
Pate Island
Pate island or Paté island is located in the Indian Ocean close to the northern coast of Kenya, to which it belongs. It is the largest island in the Lamu Archipelago, which lie between the towns of Lamu and Kiunga, close to the border with Somalia....
, Kenya
Kenya
Kenya , officially known as the Republic of Kenya, is a country in East Africa that lies on the equator, with the Indian Ocean to its south-east...
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Pate Island
Pate island or Paté island is located in the Indian Ocean close to the northern coast of Kenya, to which it belongs. It is the largest island in the Lamu Archipelago, which lie between the towns of Lamu and Kiunga, close to the border with Somalia....
sultanate independence from Kilwa Kisiwani
Kilwa Kisiwani
Kilwa Kisiwani is a community on an island off the coast of East Africa, in present day Tanzania.- History :A document written around AD 1200 called al-Maqama al Kilwiyya discovered in Oman, gives details of a mission to reconvert Kilwa to Ibadism, as it had recently been effected by the Ghurabiyya...
Bwana Mkuu
Bwana Mkuu was Sultan of Pate, Kenya, 1688 to 1713. At the time Pate dominated Lamu. Bwana Mkuu set up residency at Lamu, complete with a Lamu lady as one of his wives and a private mosque. -References:...
, Mfalume
Bwana Tamu
Bwana Tamu was Sultan of Pate, Kenya, from 1713.He decided to wage a war on Lamu in order to get the guns that the Portuguese had buried on Lamu Island, on Hedabu Hill. However, his boats were overloaded with fire-arms and they sank on the way to Lamu. -References:*Martin, Chryssee MacCasler Perry...
, Mfalume
Fumo Madi ibn Abi Bakr
Fumo Madi ibn Abi Bakr was Sultan of Pate, Kenya .Around 1800 the Pate Sultan took over Lamu, however, they were deeply resented by the people of Lamu. Fumomadi was persuaded to build a fort on the seafront in Lamu Town, to protect members of his government. He died before the first storey of...
, Mfalume
Wituland
Wituland was an approximately territory in East Africa centered on the town of Witu just inland from Indian Ocean port of Lamu north of the mouth of the Tana River in what is now Kenya.-History:Founded in 1858 by the former ruler of the insular Pate sultanate after several abortive moves to the...