Rulers of Witu
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List of Rulers of Wituland
(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)
Term
Incumbent
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mfalume (Sultans)
Nabahani Dynasty
1858
Foundation of Wituland
state by former ruler of Pate
1858 to 25 May 1885
Ahmad ibn Fumo Bakari, Mfalume
German Protectorate
25 May 1885 to 1888
Ahmad ibn Fumo Bakari, Mfalume
8 April 1885 to 1 July 1890
Gustav Denhardt
, Resident
Brothers purchased 25-mile2 area from Sultan
Clemens Denhardt
, Resident
1888 to 1890
Fumo Bakari ibn Ahmad, Mfalume
18 June 1890
British Protectorate
1 July 1890
German Protectorate renounced
1890 to 1891
Bwana Shaykh ibn Ahmad, Mfalume
1891 to 1893
Fumo `Umar ibn Ahmad, Mfalume
1st Term
1893 to 7 July 1895
Interregnum
7 July 1895 to ?
Fumo `Umar ibn Ahmad, Mfalume
2nd Term
Wituland
Wituland was an approximately territory in East Africa centered on the town of Witu just inland from Indian Ocean port of Lamu north of the mouth of the Tana River in what is now Kenya.-History:Founded in 1858 by the former ruler of the insular Pate sultanate after several abortive moves to the...
(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)
Wituland
Wituland was an approximately territory in East Africa centered on the town of Witu just inland from Indian Ocean port of Lamu north of the mouth of the Tana River in what is now Kenya.-History:Founded in 1858 by the former ruler of the insular Pate sultanate after several abortive moves to the...
state by former ruler of Pate
Pate Island
Pate island or Paté island is located in the Indian Ocean close to the northern coast of Kenya, to which it belongs. It is the largest island in the Lamu Archipelago, which lie between the towns of Lamu and Kiunga, close to the border with Somalia....
Gustav Denhardt
Gustav Denhardt and his brother Clemens Andreas Denhardt , born in Zeitz, Saxony-Anhalt, were distinguished German explorers of Africa at the time of the Scramble for Africa. In association with the physician G. A. Fischer they undertook in 1878 a tour through the Tana River region, East Africa,...
, Resident
Clemens Denhardt
Clemens Andreas Denhardt and his brother Gustav Denhardt , born in Zeitz, Saxony-Anhalt, were distinguished German explorers of Africa at the time of the Scramble for Africa. In association with the physician G. A. Fischer they undertook in 1878 a tour through the Tana River region, East Africa,...
, Resident
Interregnum
An interregnum is a period of discontinuity or "gap" in a government, organization, or social order...