al-Taʼthīr al-ʻUmānī al-Sawāḥilī fī Sharq Ifrīqiyā: Qirāʼah Taḥlīlīyah fī Kitāb al-ʻUmānīyūn wa-Qalʻat Mumbāsā lil-Sīr Mubārak ibn ʻAlī ibn Saʻīd al-Hināwī (al-Hināʼī) - Hināʼīyah, Badrīyah bint ʻAlī ibn Walīd; Muʼtamar al-Istiqāmah al-Duwalī al-Thānī: al-ʻUmānīyūn wa-al-Sawāḥilīyah bayna al-Taʼthīr wa-al-Taʼaththur (2026) (Mumbāsā) (Mumbāsā : Jamʻīyat al-Istiqāmah al-Khayrīyah al-Islāmīyah al-ʻĀlamīyah, 2026)
This research studies the manifestations of Omani-Swahili influence in East Africa through an analytical reading of the book The Omanis and Fort Jesus by Sir Mbarak ibn ʿAlī ibn Saʿīd al-Hinawy, which is among the important historical sources documenting the Omani presence in the city of Mombasa and its role in shaping cultural, civilizational and political features within Swahili society. The book brings out the nature of the interactive relationship between Omanis and Swahilis as a relationship founded on civilizational exchange rather than domination, which formed a distinctive coastal identity whose effects extended into language, culture and social systems. The problem of the research lies in the small number of studies that have treated this book as a text revealing that influence, and the study accordingly reads it analytically as a historical and cultural source.
Permanent citation identifier: MHF-MOMBASA2026-014.
Conference theme (in Arabic): المحور الأول: التأثير العُماني في السواحلية.
Text in Arabic; title also romanized (ALA-LC); abstract and keywords in English.
Keywords: Fort Jesus; Mombasa; Mbarak al-Hinawy; Omani presence; Swahili identity; East African history