siege, early modern

Siege of Mombasa

Name: Siege of Mombasa
Start: 1696-03-13
Location: Mombasa, Kenya

Siege of Mombasa was a siege conducted on 13 March 1696 at Mombasa, in what is now Kenya; it lasted 2.8 years. It was part of Omani–Portuguese conflicts, which ran from 1650 to 1730. The recorded result: Omani victory.

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Fought13 March 1696lasted 2.8 years

WhereMombasa, Kenya4.050S, 39.667E

OutcomeOmani victory

BelligerentsPortuguese EmpireagainstOmani Empire

Part ofOmani–Portuguese conflicts1650 to 1730

Where it sits in Omani–Portuguese conflicts

4 placed engagements of Omani–Portuguese conflicts in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date	13 March 1696 to 13 December 1698
Place	Mombasa, Kenya 4.050S, 39.667E
Kind	Siege, early modern
Commanders	Fatuma binti Yusuf al-Alawi	Saif bin Sultan

The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Battle of Jassin 1915, 88 km SW
Battle of Tanga 1914, 129 km SW
Battle of Mkalamo 1916, 201 km SW
Battle of Salaita Hill 1916, 232 km W
Battle of Shela 1812, 239 km NE

In the same war

Before: Battle of Daman 23 March 1694
After: Battle of Surat 2 February 1704
All 4 engagements of Omani–Portuguese conflicts

Elsewhere in 1696

Siege of Mombasa is one of 1,470 engagements of the 17th century in the atlas and one of 9 in present-day Kenya.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q17070460, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Mombasa (1696–1698), revision 1383608949, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.