| Battle of Mombasa (1589) | |||||||||
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| Part of the Ottoman–Portuguese conflicts (1586–1589) | |||||||||
&sq=Albert Einstein&lang=en&file=File:Braun_Mombasa_HAAB.jpg) 16th century depiction of Mombasa. | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
 Kingdom of PortugalZimba tribe |
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| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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Tomé de Sousa Coutinho |
 Mir Ali Beg (POW) | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| Few | Heavy | ||||||||
The Battle of Mombasa took place on 5 March 1589, between Portuguese and Zimba forces under the command of Tomé Coutinho against the Ottomans. The Portuguese would reconquer the city and capture Mir Ali Beg.[1]
- ^ Fernández-Armesto, Felipe (2019-01-03). The Oxford Illustrated History of the World. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-106720-4.