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    Fort Jesus (Portuguese: Forte Jesus de Mombaça, Spanish: Fuerte de Jesús) is a fort located on Mombasa Island. Designed by the Italian architect Giovanni...
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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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    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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    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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  • (1913) Convent of Jesus and Mary, Mumbai; Fort Convent, Mumbai (1855) St. Anne’s High School, Fort, Mumbai (1929) Convent of Jesus and Mary, Mussoorie...
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  • Fortaleza de Jesus e os Portugueses em Mombaça. Lisboa: Centro de Estudos de História Ultramarina. pp. 79–105. Kirkman, James S. (1974). Fort Jesus: A Portuguese...
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  • forces. 1635 - Fort Jesus repaired by Francisco de Seixas e Cabreira. 1661 - Town sacked by Omani forces. 1696 - Siege of Fort Jesus by Omani forces...
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