Muhammad bin Khalfan bin Khamis al-Barwani, commonly known as Rumaliza, was an Omani Swahili trader of slaves and ivory, active in Central and East Africa in the latter part of the nineteenth century. He was a member of the Arabian Barwani tribe. With the help of Tippu Tip, he became the Sultan of Ujiji.
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The famous meeting of Henry Morton Stanley and David Livingstone at Ujiji in 1871
Map of the Congo Free State at its creation in 1885. Rumaliza's stronghold at Ujiji is in "unclaimed territory" to the east of Lake Tanganyika.
Francis Dhanis in the Congo. His better-armed forces were to defeat RumalizaBusiness Professionals born in the 1850s 6
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Muhammad bin Khalfan bin Khamis al-Barwani, commonly known as Rumaliza, was an Omani Swahili trader of slaves and ivory, active in Central and East Africa in the latter part of the nineteenth century. He was a member of the Arabian Barwani tribe. With the help of Tippu Tip, he became the Sultan of Ujiji. At one time, he dominated the trade of Tanganyika, before being defeated by Belgian forces under Baron Francis Dhanis in January 1894.
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