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Gazi (Kenya)

Gazi is a coastal village south of Mombasa in Kwale County, Kenya. In the nineteenth century it became the seat of a branch of the Mazrui family who had lost Mombasa to the Busaidi of Oman, and from there Mbaruk bin Rashid al-Mazrui led a rebellion against British rule in 1895–1896.

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Gazi (Kenya). In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/gazi-kenya
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“Gazi (Kenya).” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/gazi-kenya. Accessed .
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The Epoch Institute. “Gazi (Kenya).” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/gazi-kenya.
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