List of rulers of Mombasa

Before 1502 the East African city of Mombasa was part of the Kilwa Sultanate. The independent Mombasa sultanate named Mvita (Swahili) or Manbasa (Arabic) was then established, but was conquered by the Portuguese Empire during the 16th century. After this control alternated between the Portuguese and the Sultanate of Oman, before the establishment of the British East Africa Protectorate in 1887. Mombasa became part of independent Kenya in 1963.


Tenure Incumbent Notes
Portuguese Suzerainty
1593 to 1596Mateus de Vasconcelos, Captain-Major
1596 to 1598António de Andrade, Captain-Major
1598 to 1606Rui Soares de Melo, Captain-Major
1606 to 1609Gaspar Pereira, Captain-Major
1609 to 1610Pedro de Abreu, Captain-Major
1610 to 1614Manuel Pereira, Captain-Major
1614 to 1620Simão Pereira, Captain-Major
1620 to 1625Francisco Pereira, Captain-Major
1625 to 1629Marçal de Macedo, Captain-Major
1629 to 15 August 1631Pedro de Gambôa, Captain-Major
15 August 1631 to 1635Pedro Botelho, Captain-Major
1635 to 1638Francisco de Seixas e Cabreira, Captain-Major1st Term
Portuguese Colony under Goa
1638 to 1639Francisco de Seixas e Cabreira, Captain-Major1st Term
1639 to 1642Martim Manuel, Captain-Major
1642 to 1643...., Captain-Major
1643 to 1646Manuel Coutinho, Captain-Major
1646 to 1651António de Meneses, Captain-Major
1651 to 1653Francisco de Seixas e Cabreira, Captain-Major2nd Term
1653 to 1658..., Captain-Major
1658 to 1663José da Silva, Captain-Major
1663 to 1667Manuel de Campos, Captain-Major
1667 to 1670João Cota, Captain-Major
1670 to 1671vacant
1671 to 1673João da Costa, Captain-Major
1673 to 1676Manuel de Campos, Captain-Major
1676 to 1679Francisco Faria, Captain-Major
1679 to 16??Manuel Franco, Captain-Major
16?? to 1682Pedro Henriques, Captain-Major
1682 to 1686João Portugal, Captain-Major
1688 to 1693Duarte de Melo, Captain-Major
1693 to 1694Pascual Sarmento, Captain-Major
1694 to 1696João Leão, Captain-Major
1696 to 1697Antonio de Melo, Captain-Major
1697 to 1698Dau, príncipe de Faza, Captain-Major
1698 to 12 December 1698Leonardo Barbosa Souto-Maior, Captain-Major
Omani Suzerainty
Wali (Swahili: Liwali) (Governors)
12 December 1698 to December 1698Imam Sa‘if ibn Sultan, Wali
December 1698 to 12 March 1728Nasr ibn Abdallah al-Mazru‘i, Wali
Portuguese Suzerainty
Portuguese Colony under Goa
12 March 1728 to 21 September 1729Álvaro Caetano de Melo Castro, Captain-Major
Omani Suzerainty
Wali (Swahili: Liwali) (Governors)
1729 to 1735..., Wali
1735 to 1739Sa‘id al-Hadermi, Wali
1739 to 1745Muhammad ibn Uthman al-Mazru‘i, Wali
1746‘Ali ibn Uthman al-Mazru‘i, Wali
Independent (disputed with Oman)
1746 to 1755Sultan ‘Ali ibn Uthman al-Mazru‘i
1755 to 1773Sultan Masud ibn Naisr al-Mazru‘i
1773 to 1782Sultan Abdallah ibn Muhammad al-Mazru‘i
1782 to 1811Sultan Ahmad ibn Muhammad al-Mazru‘i
1812 to 1823Sultan ‘Abd Allah ibn Ahmad al-Mazru‘i
Omani Suzerainty
1823 to 1826Sultan Sulayman ibn ‘Ali al-Mazru‘i
1826 to March 1835Salim ibn Ahmad al-Mazru‘i, Wali
March 1835 to 1836Nasur ibn Ahmad al-Mazru‘i, Wali
1836 to 1837Rashid ibn Salim al-Mazru‘i
1837 to 24 June 1837Khamis ibn Rashid al-Mazru‘i
1837 to 1860Abdallah ibn Hamish al-Mazru‘i
1860 to 1873Mubarrak ibn Rashid al-Mazru‘i
1873 to 1 July 1895Rashid ibn Hamish al-Mazru‘i
British Suzerainty
British Protectorate
9 February 1824 to 13 February 1824William Fitzwilliam Wentworth Owen, Governor
13 February 1824 to 29 May 1824John James Reitz, Governor
29 May 1824 to September 1824vacant
September 1824 to 25 July 1826J.B. Emery, Governor
Zanzibari Suzerainty
24 June 1837Annexed by Zanzibar
British Suzerainty
25 May 1887Administration handed to the British East Africa Association
1 July 1895Kenya protectorate coastal strip nominally under Zanzibari sovereignty
12 December 1963Incorporated into independent Kenya

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