Pate Sultanate

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Establishment

• January 1201: The Pate Sultanate was a sultanate from at least the beginning of the 13th.

Chronology

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1. Conquests of Murad III

Expansion during the rule of Murad III in the Ottoman Empire.

1.1. Ottoman-Portuguese conflicts (1586-1589)

Were armed military engagements which took place between the Portuguese Empire and the Ottoman Empire along the coast of eastern Africa.

1.1.1. Ottoman backed revolt of Indian Ocean coast

Was a revolt backed by the Ottomans in the East African coast against Portuguese rule.

• January 1587: In 1586, at Pate island, Mir Ali Bey, a prominent Ottoman naval commander, captured a Portuguese merchant carrack. This event was part of the ongoing conflict between the Ottoman Empire and the Portuguese Empire for control of trade routes and territories in the Indian Ocean.

2. Further events (Unrelated to Any War)

• January 1751: In the 18th century Faza again fell into decline due to the rise of Pate.
• January 1859: In 1858 Sultan Ahmad ibn Fumo Bakari, from the old ruling family of the Nabahani, founded the town of Pate on the island of the same name and established an independent sultanate.

Disestablishment

• January 1864: As Pate is conquered by Zanzibar, a small part of its territory fell under the control of the Sultanate of Witu.
• January 1864: Siyu succumbed to Zanzibar's dominance, under Sultan Majid in 1863.