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Mir Ali Bey
Mir Ali Bey was an Ottoman corsair who led two expeditions down the East African coast in the 1580s. In 1585–86 he persuaded many Swahili towns to reject Portuguese overlordship and accept Ottoman protection. On his second expedition in 1588–89 he was besieged at Mombasa by a Portuguese fleet while the Zimba attacked from the mainland, and he was captured and taken to Lisbon.
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